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- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3
- Issued
- 2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-15
- End
- Circuit courts: until each county's plan was approved by the chief judge (WI-027, WI-028), then May 21, 2021 (WI-029); appellate courts: 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2021 (WI-044) (read as 2021-05-21)
- In force
- Apr. 15, 2020 to May 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all appellate and circuit courts
- litigants and counsel
- Functions reached
- CT courts
- OF law offices
- CL closings and evictions
- Collection
- Wisconsin WI
Operative words
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the courts of the State of Wisconsin remain open. Nevertheless, all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts are hereby suspended until further order of this court.... Judges may waive in-person appearance requirements otherwise required by statute.
Enforcement
Supreme Court administrative order