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WI Stat § 752.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 752 - Court of appeals.|752.41 - Decisions.

752.41  Decisions. (1) In each case, the court of appeals shall provide a written opinion containing a written summary of the reasons for the decision made by the court. (2) Officially published opinions of the court of appeals shall have statewide precedential effect. (3) The supreme court shall determine by rule the manner in which the court of appeals determines which of its decisions shall be published.History:  1977 c. 187.Only the supreme court has the power to overrule, modify, or withdraw language from a published opinion of the court of appeals. Cook v. Cook, 208 Wis. 2d 166, 560 N.W.2d 246 (1997), 95-1963.The noncitation rule and the concept of stare decisis. Walther. 61 MLR 581 (1978).
WI Stat § 752.61 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 752 - Court of appeals.|752.61 - State assumption of costs.

752.61  State assumption of costs. The state shall pay for all costs of implementation and operation of the court of appeals. Payments shall be made under s. 20.660.History:  1977 c. 187.
WI Stat § 753.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.01 - Term of office.

753.01  Term of office. The term of office of every elected circuit judge is 6 years and until the successor is elected and qualified, commencing with the August 1 next succeeding the election.History:  1975 c. 61, 178, 199, 422; 1977 c. 187 s. 92; Stats. 1977 s. 753.01; 1983 a. 538.The legislature cannot, after a judge has been elected to a new branch, advance the starting date and the end of the judge's term. 58 Atty. Gen. 97.
WI Stat § 753.016 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.016 - Judicial circuit for Milwaukee County.

753.016  Judicial circuit for Milwaukee County. (1) This section applies only in the judicial circuit for Milwaukee County. (2)  Court room; offices. The county board shall provide suitable court rooms and offices, the sheriff shall provide the necessary deputy sheriffs as attending officers under s. 59.27 (3) and the clerk of the circuit court shall provide a sufficient number of deputy clerks for all the judges and branches of the court. (3)  Department of family conciliation.  (a) There is created a department of family conciliation under the direction and supervision of a director of family conciliation. The director shall:1. Receive all marital complaints and make a proper disposition thereof;2. Make investigations of the facts upon which to base warrants in the cases hereinbefore specified and in all other matters duly referred to said department;3. Exercise such supervision in connection with the exercise by said court of its jurisdiction as the judges thereof may duly order.(b) All persons in this department shall keep such records as may be provided by law. The court may by order close the files of matters before the court if the court determines that publication of the matters is contrary to public policy. The court may make such other orders as may be in the interest of children in such matters and the public morals.(c) The department shall have such investigators as are authorized by the county board of supervisors of the county. The investigators shall be appointed by the county department under s. 46.215.(e) The county board of supervisors of the county shall provide for such assistants, stenographic and otherwise, as needed to assist the director of family conciliation in carrying out the purpose of subs. (3) to (5) particularly in regard to the proper disposal of marital complaints. The director and all other persons in the department shall be appointed by the county department under s. 46.215, except in cases otherwise expressly provided for.(f) All public officers in said county shall refer all domestic complaints made to them to said director of the department of domestic conciliation who shall dispose of all matters before it in proper manner. (4)  Equipment. The board of supervisors of said county shall furnish said courts and said department of family conciliation, the judges, officers and employees thereof with suitable accommodations, adequately centralized and consolidated, and with the necessary furniture and supplies and make provision for its necessary expenses and operation. (5)  Civil service. The board of supervisors and county civil service commission shall make suitable reclassifications in positions in said county to accomplish the purpose of subs. (3) to (5).History:  1975 c. 39, 199; 1977 c. 187 ss. 92, 135; 1977 c. 449; Stats. 1977 s. 753.016; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1981 c. 96, 353; 1985 a. 176; 1995 a. 201.
WI Stat § 753.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.03 - Jurisdiction of circuit courts.

753.03  Jurisdiction of circuit courts. The circuit courts have the general jurisdiction prescribed for them by article VII of the constitution and have power to issue all writs, process and commissions provided in article VII of the constitution or by the statutes, or which may be necessary to the due execution of the powers vested in them. The circuit courts have power to hear and determine, within their respective circuits, all civil and criminal actions and proceedings unless exclusive jurisdiction is given to some other court; and they have all the powers, according to the usages of courts of law and equity, necessary to the full and complete jurisdiction of the causes and parties and the full and complete administration of justice, and to carry into effect their judgments, orders and other determinations, subject to review by the court of appeals or the supreme court as provided by law. The courts and the judges thereof have power to award all such writs, process and commissions, throughout the state, returnable in the proper county.History:  1977 c. 187 s. 92; Stats. 1977 s. 753.03; 1983 a. 192.The circuit courts are constitutional courts with plenary jurisdiction. They do not depend solely upon statute for their powers. However in certain cases with vast social ramifications not addressed by statute, prudence requires the courts to refuse to exercise their jurisdiction. As such, circuit courts are prohibited from exercising jurisdiction regarding sterilization of incompetents. In Matter of Guardianship of Eberhardy, 102 Wis. 2d 539, 307 N.W.2d 881 (1981).Because courts have exclusive criminal jurisdiction, criminal charges against a defendant were not collaterally estopped even though a parole revocation hearing examiner concluded that the defendant's acts did not merit parole revocation. State v. Spanbauer, 108 Wis. 2d 548, 322 N.W.2d 511 (Ct. App. 1982).
WI Stat § 753.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.04 - Writs, how issued; certiorari.

753.04  Writs, how issued; certiorari. All writs issued from the circuit court shall be in the name of the state of Wisconsin, shall bear date the day they are issued, be attested in the name of the judge of the circuit in which issued, and if there is no such judge, then in the name of the chief judge of the court of appeals or the chief justice of the supreme court, be returnable on a date certain which is not more than 60 days from the date of issuance, unless otherwise directed by law, by the judge or by rule of court, be signed by the clerk, sealed with the seal of the court and directed to some officer or person authorized to serve or execute the writs. All writs of certiorari issued to review any action taken by a county board, town board, common council of any city or board of trustees of any village, or any record lawfully in the custody of a county clerk, town clerk, city clerk or village clerk may be addressed to and served upon the proper county clerk, town clerk, city clerk or village clerk, respectively, who shall make return thereto.History:  1977 c. 187 s. 92; 1977 c. 449; Stats. 1977 s. 753.04.A certiorari action exists only to test the validity of judicial or quasi-judicial determinations. It does not allow for answers, denials, or defenses by the respondent. Merkel v. Village of Germantown, 218 Wis. 2d 572, 581 N.W.2d 552 (Ct. App. 1998), 97-3347.
WI Stat § 753.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.05 - Seals.

753.05  Seals. The circuit courts in the several counties shall have seals, and they may direct and from time to time alter the inscriptions and devices thereon; and the respective county boards shall furnish such seals as shall be ordered; and when any such court shall be unprovided with a seal the judge may authorize the use of any temporary seal or of any device by way of seal until a seal shall be so provided. The seals now in use by said courts shall continue to be the seals thereof until others shall be provided according to law.History:  1977 c. 187 s. 92; Stats. 1977 s. 753.05.
WI Stat § 753.0605 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.0605 - Additional circuit court branches.

753.0605  Additional circuit court branches. Notwithstanding s. 753.06, the director of state courts may add additional circuit court branches as follows: (1) By November 14, 2020, the director of state courts may add 4 additional circuit court branches, to begin operation on August 1, 2021. The director of state courts may allocate each branch to any county that the director of state courts determines is in need of an additional circuit court branch if the county has passed a resolution requesting an additional circuit court branch and the county has established, or will have established by May 31, 2021, the appropriate infrastructure to support an additional circuit court branch. The director of state courts may require any county, as a condition for receiving a circuit court branch allocation under this subsection, to have established or to apply for a grant under s. 165.95 or 165.955 to establish a drug court. (2) After November 14, 2020, and before November 14, 2021, the director of state courts may add 4 additional circuit court branches, to begin operation on August 1, 2022. The director of state courts may allocate each branch to any county that the director of state courts determines is in need of an additional circuit court branch if the county has passed a resolution requesting an additional circuit court branch and the county has established, or will have established by May 31, 2022, the appropriate infrastructure to support an additional circuit court branch. The director of state courts may require any county, as a condition for receiving a circuit court branch allocation under this subsection, to have established or to apply for a grant under s. 165.95 or 165.955 to establish a drug court. (3) After November 14, 2021, and before November 14, 2022, the director of state courts may add 4 additional circuit court branches, to begin operation on August 1, 2023. The director of state courts may allocate each branch to any county that the director of state courts determines is in need of an additional circuit court branch if the county has passed a resolution requesting an additional circuit court branch and the county has established, or will have established by May 31, 2023, the appropriate infrastructure to support an additional circuit court branch. The director of state courts may require any county, as a condition for receiving a circuit court branch allocation under this subsection, to have established or to apply for a grant under s. 165.95 or 165.955 to establish a drug court.History: 2019 a. 184.
WI Stat § 753.061 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.061 - Court; branch; judge.

753.061  Court; branch; judge. (1) In each judicial circuit, each judgeship shall be given a branch number. Each branch constitutes a circuit court with all the powers and jurisdiction possessed by circuit courts in circuits having one judge only, and may be designated in all papers and proceedings either by its respective number or by the name of its presiding judge. (2) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district shall designate 2 circuit court branches that will primarily handle cases that involve a violation of ch. 961 involving a controlled substance included in schedule I or II under ch. 961 or a controlled substance analog of a controlled substance included in schedule I or II under ch. 961. (2m) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district is authorized to designate 4 circuit court branches to primarily handle violent crime cases that involve a violation of s. 939.63, if a felony is committed while armed, and of ss. 940.01 to 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.225, 943.23 (1g), and 943.32 (2). If the circuit court branches are designated under this subsection, 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on September 1, 1991, and 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on August 1, 1992.History:  1977 c. 449; 1979 c. 175; 1989 a. 121, 122; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 92; 1995 a. 27, 448; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2015 a. 55.Each court branch is endowed under sub. (1) with the full powers of a circuit court and has the same powers as every other branch. Drow v. Schwarz, 225 Wis. 2d 362, 592 N.W.2d 623 (1999), 97-1867.
WI Stat § 753.065 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.065 - Naturalization proceedings, venue.

753.065  Naturalization proceedings, venue. For the purposes of naturalization proceedings only, pursuant to federal statutes (8 USC 1421), the counties of this state shall be considered as one district. A resident of this state who petitions for naturalization may file the petition with the office of clerk of circuit court located in any of the following cities: (1) Superior. (2) Eau Claire. (3) La Crosse. (4) Wisconsin Rapids. (5) Green Bay. (6) Sheboygan. (7) Ashland. (8) Wausau. (10) Janesville. (11) Fond du Lac. (12) Madison. (13) Waukesha. (14) Kenosha. (15) Racine. (16) Elkhorn.History:  1973 c. 12 s. 37; 1977 c. 187 s. 92; Stats. 1977 s. 753.065; 1981 c. 332.
WI Stat § 753.073 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.073 - Expenses.

753.073  Expenses. A circuit judge shall be reimbursed by the state for actual and necessary itemized expenses incurred in the discharge of judicial duty outside the county of residence, and in attending meetings of the judicial conference or the committees thereof, and as a judge designated to serve on the judicial administrative committee or the subcommittees thereof.History:  1971 c. 254 s. 19; 1977 c. 187 ss. 92, 135; 1977 c. 273, 449; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979).
WI Stat § 753.077 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.077 - Preservation of judgments.

753.077  Preservation of judgments. All judgments of county courts which were entered prior to August 1, 1978, are judgments of the circuit court for the county where the judgment was entered. No such judgment may have any other effect than the judgment had when it was originally entered.History:  1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 753.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.09 - Jury.

753.09  Jury. The jurors shall be summoned to appear at such time as the presiding judge directs.History:  1977 c. 187 s. 92; 1977 c. 449; Stats. 1977 s. 753.09.
WI Stat § 753.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.10 - Attendance of officers, pay; opening court.

753.10  Attendance of officers, pay; opening court. (3) Unless otherwise directed by the presiding judge, no officer, other than the clerk, shall be paid for attending court or the judge if the court is not engaged in the trial of jury cases. Every officer attending court upon the order of the presiding judge shall have the same powers and authority as the sheriff, and shall be paid out of the county treasury, upon the certificate of the judge, compensation equal to that fixed by the county board. No such officer may be paid for any day when the court is not in session unless specially ordered by the presiding judge. (4) When the court is opened by proclamation it shall be in the following words:Hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! the circuit court for the county of .... is now open. Silence is commanded.History:  1977 c. 187 s. 92; 1977 c. 334; Stats. 1977 s. 753.10.
WI Stat § 753.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.19 - Operating costs; circuit court.

753.19  Operating costs; circuit court. The cost of operation of the circuit court for each county, except for the salaries of judges and court reporters provided to be paid by the state, and except for the cost assumed by the state under this chapter and chs. 40 and 230, and except as otherwise provided, shall be paid by the county.History:  1973 c. 81; 1975 c. 126, 199; 1977 c. 187 ss. 92, 135; 1977 c. 449; Stats. 1977 s. 753.19; 1981 c. 96.The county in which proceedings are brought must pay the fee of an appointed guardian ad litem. Romasko v. Milwaukee, 108 Wis. 2d 32, 321 N.W.2d 123 (1982).Services of appointed counsel for non-indigent individuals in civil commitment hearings should be paid for by the county. State ex. rel. Chiarkas v. Skow, 160 Wis. 2d 123, 465 N.W.2d 625 (1991).The state public defender, not the county, was obligated to pay the costs of a necessary expert witnesses hired by an appointed private attorney without prior approval as required by rule. Payment of Witness Fees in State v. Huisman, 167 Wis. 2d 168, 482 N.W.2d 665 (Ct. App. 1992).
WI Stat § 753.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.22 - When court to be held.

753.22  When court to be held. If a matter appointed to be heard at a specified time is not heard at the time appointed, it stands continued and may be heard at any time, unless the court orders otherwise.History:  1977 c. 449.Several factors are to be balanced in the discretionary decision whether to grant a continuance, including: (1) the length of the delay requested; (2) whether the lead counsel has associates prepared to act in his or her absence; (3) whether other continuances had been requested and received; (4) the convenience or inconvenience to the parties, witnesses, and the court; and (5) whether the delay seems to be for legitimate reasons. Rechsteiner v. Hazelden, 2008 WI 97, 313 Wis. 2d 542, 753 N.W.2d 496, 06-1521.
WI Stat § 753.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.23 - Night and Saturday sessions.

753.23  Night and Saturday sessions. In each circuit having 4 or more branches, at least one branch shall schedule and hold sessions at least one Saturday and 2 evenings after 6 p.m. per month. In each circuit having 2 or 3 branches, at least one branch shall hold one session per month on Saturday or in the evening after 6 p.m. In single branch circuits, Saturday and evening sessions may be held as the convenience of the litigants requires.History:  1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 753.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.24 - Where court to be held.

753.24  Where court to be held. (1) Circuit court shall be held regularly at the county seat. (2) Provision may be made, by court rule, for holding court in any city, village or town in the county other than the county seat where the court finds that there are adequate facilities provided and there is sufficient business to warrant holding court. (3) If court is held in a city or village located partly in the county from which the judge was elected and partly in another, the judge may hold court, except for trials of criminal offenses, anywhere in that city or village, the same as if it were entirely within the county from which he or she was elected.History:  1977 c. 449; 1993 a. 246.
WI Stat § 753.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.26 - Office and records to be kept at county seat.

753.26  Office and records to be kept at county seat. Except in branches Nos. 4, 5, and 7 of the circuit court for Rock County, every circuit judge in this state shall maintain in his or her office, at the county seat of the county in which the judge holds office, all of the books, papers, and records of the court. The office and the books, papers, and records of the circuit judge shall at all reasonable times be open to access and inspection by any person having any business with the books, papers, and records of the court, except as otherwise provided by law. Originals of judgments or orders made under circuit court jurisdiction of branches Nos. 4, 5, and 7 of the Rock County circuit court in Beloit, shall be kept at the county seat.History:  1977 c. 449; 1979 c. 65; 1987 a. 75; 2001 a. 103.
WI Stat § 753.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.32 - Clerks, etc., not to be appraisers.

753.32  Clerks, etc., not to be appraisers. No clerk or other person employed in the office of any circuit judge may be appointed commissioner or appraiser in any matter that is within the jurisdiction of the judge or of the circuit court.History:  1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 753.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 753 - Circuit courts.|753.35 - Rules of practice and trial court administration.

753.35  Rules of practice and trial court administration. (1) A circuit court may, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, adopt and amend rules governing practice in that court that are consistent with rules adopted under s. 751.12 and statutes relating to pleading, practice, and procedure. The court shall file each adopted or amended rule with the clerk of circuit court. Except for a rule adopted or amended as an emergency rule, the court shall file an adopted or amended rule prior to the rule's effective date. The clerk of circuit court shall send a copy of the filed adopted or amended rule to the secretary of the local bar association in that circuit, the court administrator for that judicial administrative district, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the state law library, and the office of the director of state courts. A person may submit to the court written comments on a rule for the court's consideration in determining whether revision of the rule is needed. The clerk of circuit court shall print and make available to the public, at cost, all rules adopted or amended under this section. (2) The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall file a local rule of trial court administration adopted or amended under SCR 70.34 with the court administrator for the judicial administrative district. The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall file the local rule prior to the rule's effective date. The court administrator for the judicial administrative district shall send a copy of the filed adopted or amended rule to the clerks of circuit court in the judicial administrative district, the secretaries of the local bar associations in the district, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the state law library, and the office of the director of state courts. A person may submit to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district written comments on a rule for the chief judge's consideration in determining whether revision of the rule is needed. The clerks of circuit court in the judicial administrative district shall print and make available to the public, at cost, all rules adopted under SCR 70.34. (3) The State Bar of Wisconsin, the state law library, and the clerks of court to whom copies of rules are sent under this section shall serve as repositories of the rules sent to them under subs. (1) and (2).History:  Sup. Ct. Order No. 93-14, 185 Wis. 2d xv (1994); Sup. Ct. Order No. 94-09, 187 Wis. 2d xix (1994); 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 35; 2001 a. 103.