Get Wisconsin Ciruit Court

Log in to your Wisconsin eCourts account (http://efiling.wicourts.gov) by entering your User name and Password. Next, select My cases from the menu options. Note: To view closed cases, click the Click here to search link near the top of the page.

You are required to file 3 forms for a Wisconsin divorce: Summons. Petition. Confidential Petition Addendum.

Go to your local Wisconsin courthouse to request an Order for Temporary Physical Custody. You can also obtain and print the forms by visiting the local clerk of court website. Carefully read the instructions and requirements before completing the forms.

If you are at the courthouse, you can request a copy at $1.25 a page from the Clerk of Circuit Court office and you will immediately receive it. You can contact the official court reporter and request a copy at $0.50 a page. The reporter will make arrangements with you for pick up or delivery by mail.

There are three ways to look at court records: Go to the courthouse and ask to look at paper records. Go to the courthouse and look at electronic court records. If your court offers it, look at electronic records over the internet. This is called “remote access.”

Confidential Petition Addendum. To provide a method for individuals to provide information concerning social security numbers in a confidential manner.

Electronically filed documents are only available to the parties through the eFiling system. They are not available to the public online. To see documents, members of the public must go to the office of the clerk of circuit court in the county where the case is filed.

A person may view an entire case file, including all nonconfidential documents, in person at the office of the clerk of court for the county where the case was heard. If the case file is stored electronically, the contents of the file may be viewed at a public access terminal located within the clerk of courts' office.

There are several ways to obtain copies of documents. Access documents electronically from PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Visit the clerk's office in Madison or Eau Claire: ... Send a written request or call the clerk's office to have the requested documents printed.