Kewaunee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Each requested instruction must be on a separate sheet with one copy, and its supporting authorities must be cited on a separate sheet.

Each such instruction shall be on a separate sheet of paper, with one copy thereof, and each shall have on a separate sheet the citation of authorities relied upon to sustain such instructions.

CRITICAL

Court papers must be on substantial paper and include the assigned case number in the caption.

All papers, pleadings, motions, etc., shall be on substantial paper and contain the case number assigned in the caption.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be marked before a hearing, with marking coordinated with the clerk and a description of each exhibit provided at marking.

All exhibits must be marked prior to any court hearing. Counsel/parties maintain the responsibility to coordinate this marking with the clerk and shall be prepared to provide a description of each exhibit to the clerk at the time of marking.

CRITICAL

Stipulations seeking an order to suspend divorce proceedings for reconciliation must use the form designated by the court.

All stipulations for an order to suspend proceedings in divorce actions to attempt a reconciliation shall be submitted in the form designated by the court.

WARNING

Pleadings under chapter 799 must be in writing unless the judge specifically orders otherwise.

All pleadings under ch. 799, Wis. Stats., shall be in writing unless specifically ordered otherwise by the judge.

WARNING

The two mediation forms attached to the summons and complaint must be printed on yellow paper.

In all residential foreclosure actions, the plaintiff shall attach to the Summons and Complaint served on all mortgagors named in the action the following forms printed on yellow paper and which are available at the Kewaunee County Clerk of Court’s office: a) Notice of Availability of Mediation b) Application for Mediation

WARNING

Facsimile documents sent through a non-court agency, party, or company for onward transmission must be plain paper documents.

c. They are plain paper documents.

INFO

A motion brief may be submitted in letter form.

The brief may be in letter form.