Milwaukee County Circuit Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Litigants may not select their own adjourned dates before appearing in court.

2. Litigants can no longer pick their own adjourned dates before coming to court.

CRITICAL

A Track I continuance request must be filed with the assigned deputy register in probate/acting circuit court commissioner, while a Track II request must be filed in the assigned civil/probate branch.

A request for a continuance in a contest assigned to Track I shall be filed with the assigned deputy register in probate/acting circuit court commissioner. B. A request for a continuance in a contest assigned to Track II shall be filed in the civil/probate branch to which the case is assigned.

CRITICAL

Continuance requests are due within 10 days after service of the hearing notice; a later request requires a personal appearance and a showing of good cause, and counsel's agreement alone is insufficient.

Requests for continuance shall be filed within 10 days after service of notice of a scheduled proceeding. If a request for continuance is filed more than 10 days after service of notice of a scheduled proceeding, the request may be granted only upon a personal appearance before the judge or circuit court commissioner and a showing of good cause. Agreement of counsel shall not, of itself, be considered good cause for a continuance.

CRITICALCivil cases

Courtroom 400 personnel must schedule all future adjourned court dates.

1. All future adjourned court dates will be scheduled by courtroom 400 personnel.

CRITICAL

Only the court may reschedule or cancel a scheduled proceeding, and the requesting person or party must give advance notice as soon as reasonably possible to all interested parties.

Scheduled proceedings may not be re-scheduled or canceled except by the court. The person or party requesting the rescheduling or cancellation shall provide notice in advance as soon as reasonably possible to all interested parties, including, without limitation, attorneys, Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS) representatives, Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) human service workers and witnesses.

CRITICALCivil cases

Courtroom personnel must adhere to the case-number caps for scheduled time slots.

4. Courtroom personnel will adhere to the case number caps for scheduled time slots.

WARNING

When all disputed issues in a contested proceeding are resolved by agreement, the parties may request an earlier court date after notifying all interested parties.

If all issues in dispute in a contested proceeding are resolved in advance by agreement, the parties may request, after notice to all interested parties, that the agreement be scheduled for the court's consideration at an earlier date.

WARNING

Only a judge may grant an adjournment or postponement, and each must set a definite day and time.

Adjournment or postponement of cases may be granted only by the authority of the judge. Each adjournment or postponement of a case shall be to a day and time certain.

INFOCivil cases

Courtroom personnel will attempt to accommodate requested adjourned dates when time slots are available.

3. Courtroom personnel will try to accommodate date requests based on time slot availability.