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