Dane County Circuit Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Deadline

7 business days

Any order submitted by an attorney or party and sent to a judge for signature shall be held for 7 business days after date of receipt to allow opposing counsel or parties an opportunity to comment.

Summary: A proposed order or judgment submitted for judicial signature must be held for seven business days after receipt unless an applicable exception applies.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a submitting attorney certifies under this rule that a proposed order or judgment was circulated electronically or by mail to all opposing counsel, who all affirmatively responded that they approved of or had no objection to the proposed order or judgment, the court may choose to sign the document immediately.

Summary: The court may sign a proposed order or judgment immediately when the submitting attorney certifies that all opposing counsel received it and affirmatively approved or raised no objection.

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Civil casesCourt notice

Deadline

5 business days

Applies to

Notice of earnings garnishment

The creditor must file the notice of earnings garnishment no later than five business days after the garnishee is served.

The notice of earnings garnishment must be filed by the creditor no later than five (5) business days after the date the garnishee is served.

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Deadline

3 business days

A camera or recording-equipment request must be submitted at least three business days before the proceeding, subject to judicial shortening for good cause.

A request to bring cameras or recording equipment into a courtroom or other hearing chamber shall be eFiled in the case using the form developed by the court. This request shall be provided at least three (3) business days in advance of the proceeding, pursuant to SCR 61.02(2). This three (3) day requirement may be shortened by the judicial officer if good cause is demonstrated.

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Deadline

5 business days

A live-streaming request for a hearing or trial must be submitted at least five business days before the proceeding, or at least ten business days before jury selection in a requested jury trial.

Any request to live-stream a judicial proceeding must be made at least five (5) business days before the date of the proceeding, or ten (10) business days before any jury selection associated with a requested jury trial.

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Unless the assigned judge provides otherwise, trial briefs, proposed verdicts, and proposed instructions must be filed one week before jury selection.

Unless otherwise provided by the judge assigned the case, all trial briefs, proposed verdict and instructions shall be filed one week prior to jury selection of the case.

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Civil cases

Deadline

3 business days

A proposed bill of costs must be filed no later than three business days before the scheduled return date.

A proposed bill of costs shall be filed no later than three business days prior to the scheduled return date.

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Papers filed or fees paid on the next day the clerk's or register's office conducts business are deemed timely when a deadline passed while the office was unable to conduct business.

In the event that normal business hours cannot be maintained or normal business cannot be conducted in the office of the clerk of court and/or the register in probate, any papers filed or fees paid on the next day business is conducted shall be deemed timely, if a deadline passed while the office was unable to conduct business.

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Repealed Rule 119 provided that the ten-day period to file a substitution after a new judge inherited a pending caseload would begin on the later of actual court notice or the date the judge was sworn in.

Rule 119 is repealed effective February 1, 2017. When a new judge takes office and is assigned the pending case load from his or her predecessor, the ten (10) days permitted by statute to file a substitution shall run from whichever is later, the date of actual notice from the court under the jurisdiction of the new judge, or the date the judge was sworn in.

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Civil cases

Such written answer must be received by the clerk of court office not later than the return date set in the summons.

Summary: A written answer in a small claims action must be received by the clerk of court office no later than the return date in the summons.