Supreme Court Orders
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. SCR 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."
IT IS ORDERED that for purposes of SCR 75.02, the specific duties
approved by the supreme court are those allowed court commissioners by
statute as of Jan. 1, 1999.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 2nd day of December, 1998.
By the court:
Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk of Court
Wisconsin Lawyer