Wisconsin Statutes 753.34 – Circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 753.34
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- County board: means the county board of supervisors. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Menominee County shall not be organized separately for circuit court purposes, but is a part of a joint circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties, which constitutes a single judicial district. No circuit judge for Menominee County may be elected separately, but the duly elected judges of the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall serve as judges of the circuit. The books, papers and records of the office of the judges shall be kept at the county seat of the county in which each has his or her principal office or, at the discretion of the judges, at either or both county seats.
(2) Each circuit judge for the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties may appoint a register in probate or may jointly appoint one register in probate to serve the court. If one register in probate serves the court, the office of the register in probate shall be in the city of Shawano.
(3) The qualified electors of Menominee County shall be eligible to vote at every election for circuit judge.
(4) The county boards of Menominee County and Shawano County shall enter into an agreement prorating the joint expenditures involved in conducting the circuit court, and for such purposes the county board of Menominee County may appropriate, levy and collect a sum each year sufficient to pay its share of the expenses; but no portion of the initial cost, or amortization of debt on the Shawano County courthouse or repair, maintenance or improvement of the same or items which are taxable costs between the parties shall be included as a joint expenditure for proration purposes. If the 2 county boards are unable to agree on prorating the joint expenditures involved, then the circuit court judges for the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall, under appropriate notice and hearing, determine the prorating of the expenditures, on the basis of the volume and character of work and responsibilities, to each county, under such procedure as they prescribe. If the circuit judges are unable to agree, the chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall make the determination.
(5) The court may order proceedings held at the county seat in Menominee County or at the county seat in Shawano County or other appropriate place. The proper place of trial of civil and criminal actions commenced in the court shall be the place in either county where the judge orders proceedings held.
(6) A single perspective juror list shall be prepared for the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties.
(7) All fines and all costs and fees collected in circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties in causes of action arising out of Menominee County shall be accounted for and paid over under s. 59.40 (2) (m) to the county treasurer of Menominee County and in causes of action arising out of Shawano County shall be accounted for and paid over under s. 59.40 (2) (m) to the county treasurer of Shawano County.
(8) All process and pleadings and documents of the court shall be entitled, “Circuit Court for Menominee and Shawano Counties”.