Vol. 73, No. 12, December
2000
Supreme Court Orders
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has amended SCR
chapter 75 relating to the specific duties of court commissioners.
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Circuit Court Commissioners
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
70.36(5); SCR Chapter 75 – Appointment, Performance Evaluation,
Continuing Education, Discipline and Decisions of Circuit Court
Commissioners
Order 97-10
By order of Oct. 15, 1998, the court adopted chapter 75 of the
Supreme Court Rules, effective Jan. 1, 1999, providing for the
appointment, performance evaluation, continuing education, and
discipline of circuit court commissioners. Supreme Court Rule 75.02
provides that a chief judge is to authorize circuit court commissioners
to perform "one or more specific duties allowed court commissioners by
statute and approved by the supreme court."
By order of Dec. 2, 1998, in No. 97-10, the court approved for
purposes of SCR 75.02 the duties allowed court commissioners by statute
as of Jan. 1, 1999.
Thereafter, 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, Section 3054de, effective May 1,
2000, created Wis. Stat. § 767.242, entitled "Enforcement of
physical placement orders," and specified additional duties of court
commissioners in actions affecting the family. In addition, 1997
Wisconsin Act 192, Section 17, effective Jan. 1, 2000, created Wis.
Stat. § 757.69(1)(n), and specified additional duties of court
commissioners in actions involving disposition of animals.
The court, on its own motion, has considered it advisable to approve
those duties for purposes of SCR 75.02.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, the specific
duties approved by the supreme court for purposes of SCR 75.02 are those
allowed court commissioners by statute as of Jan. 1, 1999, by 1999
Wisconsin Act 9, Section 3054de, and by 1997 Wisconsin Act 192, Section
17.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this amendment of the Supreme
Court Rules be given by a single publication of a copy of this order in
the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State
Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 7th day of Nov., 2000.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Clerk of Court
Wisconsin Lawyer
