Wis. Stat. § 48.03
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 48.03, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.
Official statutory text
(1) The judge shall set apart a time and place to hold court on juvenile matters.
(2) In the case of the absence or disability of the judge of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 , another judge shall be assigned under s. 751.03 to act temporarily in the judge’s place. If the judge assigned temporarily is from a circuit other than the one for which elected, the judge shall receive expenses as provided under s. 753.073 .
History: 1971 c. 46 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 135 ; 1977 c. 273 , 449 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1995 a. 77 .
(2) In the case of the absence or disability of the judge of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 , another judge shall be assigned under s. 751.03 to act temporarily in the judge’s place. If the judge assigned temporarily is from a circuit other than the one for which elected, the judge shall receive expenses as provided under s. 753.073 .
History: 1971 c. 46 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 135 ; 1977 c. 273 , 449 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1995 a. 77 .
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