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2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 757. General provisions concerning courts of record, judges, attorneys and clerks.
757.70 Hearings before court commissioners.
Universal Citation: WI Stat § 757.70 (2017)
757.70 Hearings before court commissioners.
(1) All proceedings and hearings before a court commissioner shall be public and open to every citizen, except juvenile proceedings or when it is necessary for the court in which the action or proceeding is pending to impose by order restrictions under its inherent power to conduct proceedings in camera.
(2) All hearings before a circuit or supplemental court commissioner shall be held in the county courthouse or other court facilities provided by law. This provision does not apply to nontestimonial proceedings, supplementary hearings on the present financial status of a debtor under s. 757.675 (2) (h) or depositions taken before a circuit or supplemental court commissioner.
History: 1977 c. 323; 2001 a. 61.
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