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8 Steps to Child Custody & Placement in a WI Court Step 1: Prepare. Do your research, and consider your options. ... Step 2: File your case. ... Step 3: Get temporary orders. ... Step 4: Attend a status conference. ... Step 5: Participate in discovery. ... Step 6: Prepare for trial. ... Step 7: Go to trial. ... Step 8: Receive final orders.

The summons and petition (or joint petition) for divorce or legal separation and confidential petition addendum must be filed and a fee paid to the Clerk of Circuit Court. (Note: There is a mandatory 120-day waiting period before the court can hear the final hearing.)

In Wisconsin, children cannot dictate where they reside but the courts may take the child's preference into consideration at about age 14 or when the child can articulate a preference and a reason for the preference. A child cannot opt to violate a court order, parents are responsible for following the court order.

Confidential Petition Addendum - a document to provide information to the court concerning social security numbers in a confidential manner.

Under Wisconsin law, a child's parent must notify the other parent if he or she wishes to: Move outside of Wisconsin and establish a legal residence with the child in another state. Move within Wisconsin and establish a legal residence that is 150 miles or more from the other parent.

In Wisconsin, joint legal custody or 50/50 custody gives both parents an equal share of the legal responsibilities of caring for their children. Joint physical custody maximizes the time the child has with both parents. Shared custody schedules work to give the child equal amounts with each parent.