Washington County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Counsel must obtain a hearing date from the Register in Probate for approval of the settlement of both actions.

Counsel shall obtain a hearing date from that office for approval of settlement of both the guardianship action and the civil action

CRITICAL

In the covered cases, attorneys must notify the branch’s judicial assistant about the specified hearing circumstances and advise the assistant of a possible video appearance as soon as practicable.

Any attorney appearing in such a case in Washington County shall be required to notify the judicial assistant (JA) for the branch in which a case is pending of the attorney’s belief that a hearing in which a defendant or respondent might otherwise be produced will involve other than a critical stage of the proceedings or a critical stage of the proceedings where the defendant or respondent wishes not to attend. Critical stages of the proceedings include evidentiary hearings, trials or fact-finding hearings, plea hearings at which a plea of guilty or no contest, or an admission, will be offered, and sentencing or dispositional hearings. Attorneys shall advise the JA of the appropriate branch of the possibility of a video conference appearance by a defendant or respondent as soon as practicable.

CRITICAL

Motions should be scheduled consistent with any scheduling order. All motions are to be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant for the specific branch in question after informing the Judicial Assistant of the case number, the nature of the motion, and the estimated amount of time for argument on the motion.

Motions should be scheduled consistent with any scheduling order. All motions are to be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant for the specific branch in question after informing the Judicial Assistant of the case number, the nature of the motion, and the estimated amount of time for argument on the motion.

CRITICAL

Counsel must contact the Clerk of Courts office to obtain a date for settlement approval.

Counsel shall contact the Clerk of Courts office for a date for approval of the settlement.

CRITICAL

Contact

Phone to clerk

The plaintiff's attorney must initiate a telephone scheduling conference by calling the judge's clerk after all attorneys are on the line.

(a) All telephone scheduling conferences shall be initiated by plaintiff's attorney who shall place the call to the judge's clerk after all attorneys are on the line, and the call will then be transferred to the judge.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

The petitioner’s attorney must initiate a telephone scheduling conference by calling the judge’s clerk after opposing counsel is on the line.

(a) All telephone scheduling conferences shall be initiated by petitioner’s attorney who shall place the call to the judge’s clerk after opposing counsel is on the line, and the call will then be transferred to the judge.

WARNING

If the parties agree to submission on briefs without oral argument, they should advise the Judicial Assistant and request a briefing schedule, which the judge will set.

If the parties agree that a motion may be decided on briefs only, without oral argument, the Judicial Assistant should be advised and a request made for a briefing schedule. The judge will then set the briefing schedule.

WARNING

FCC matters must be scheduled by contacting the Family Division in the Clerk of Courts office, using the same information and scheduling rules as for motions before a judge.

Matters heard by the FCC are scheduled by contacting the Family Division in the Clerk of Courts office. The same information required in scheduling a motion before a judge will be required in scheduling a motion before the FCC, and the same rules apply.

WARNING

A motion may not be scheduled on a date previously provided by the Judicial Assistant for another motion in the same case without the judge's prior approval.

Due to potential time constraints, motions may not be scheduled on a date previously provided by the Judicial Assistant for a motion in the same case without prior approval of the judge.

WARNING

All parties to an eviction action must timely notify the Clerk of Courts of any address change.

All parties to an eviction action shall timely notify the Clerk of Courts office of any change of address.

WARNING

Motions must be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant for the assigned branch, with the case number, motion type, and estimated argument time provided.

All motions are to be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant for the specific branch in question after informing the Judicial Assistant of the case number, the nature of the motion, and the estimated amount of time for argument on the motion.

INFO

The attorney who scheduled the motion may contact the clerk's office to arrange a new motion date.

The attorney who scheduled the motion may then contact the clerk's office to set up a new motion date.