State Bar of Wisconsin

Oconto County
Circuit Court Rules
(Eighth Judicial District)

ORDER ADOPTING LOCAL RULES

The proposed local rules having been presented at two successive meetings of the Oconto County Circuit Judges; and copies of said proposed rules having been posted in the office of Clerk of Circuit Court and provided to the secretary of the Oconto County Bar Association more than thirty (30) days prior hereto;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED; the attached rules be and the same hereby are adopted. Said rules shall become effective April 1, 2006.

Dated this 28th day of March, 2006.

BY THE COURT:

MICHAEL T. JUDGE, CIRCUIT JUDGE-BRANCH I
RICHARD D. DELFORGE, CIRCUIT JUDGE-BRANCH II

Approved this 12 day of May, 2006

Honorable Joseph M. Troy, Chief Judge, Eighth Administrative District

• RULE 1: PUBLICATION AND REVISION OF CIRCUIT COURT RULES
• RULE 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• RULE 3: CASE PROCESSING TIME GUIDELINES
• RULE 4: RULES OF DECORUM
• RULE 5: SCHEDULING/ADJOURNMENTS
• RULE 6: FEES/LATE SETTLEMENT ASSESMENTS/RECEIVING AND DISBURSING FEES
• RULE 7: FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS OF DOCUMENTS TO THE COURT
• RULE 8: SECURITY POLICY-THREATS TO JUDICIARY & COURT EMPLOYEES
• RULE 9: CIVIL PRACTICE
• RULE 10: CRIMINAL LAW AND TRAFFIC PRACTICE
• RULE 11: SMALL CLAIMS PRACTICE
• RULE 12: GUARDIAN AD LITEMS
• RULE 13: FAMILY LAW PRACTICE
• RULE 14: JUVENILE POLICY AND PROCEDURE
• RULE 15: TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADOPTIONS
• RULE 16: PROBATE PRACTICE
• RULE 17: JURY PROCEDURE
• RULE 18: VIDEO CONFERENCING
• APPENDIX A
  • Definitions
  • General Policies
  • "Custody Intake"
  • Custody Intake "decision guidelines"
  • Original Adult Court Criminal Defendants -- Secure Custody
  • Custody Hearings and Petitions
  • "Court Intake"
  • Notice to Victims of Children's Acts
  • Notices of Rights, Obligations, and Possible Disclosures to Child/Juvenile and Parent(s)
  • Plea Negotiations
  • Dispositional Activities
  • Extensions of Dispositional Orders
  • Requests by Victims or the Insurance Comganies of Victims for Disclosure of Juvenile Identify and Police Records
  • Requests to Review Court Files Involving Juveniles
  • Expunction of the Record of a Delinquency Adjudication
  • Delinquency Proceedinqs Commenced by a Reverse Waiver
  • Duties of the Juvenile Court Clerk in Handling CHIPS Petitions Filed by the Counselor Guardian ad Litem for a Parent, Relative, Guardian, or Child, or Directly by such a Person Acting Without an Attorney
  • Reimbursement/Payment for Attorney Fees. Placement Costs. and/or Services