WI · rules
SCR 70.35
Reserve judge eligibility
(1) To be eligible for appointment as a reserve judge to perform
marriages, a person must be eligible under s. 753.075 (2), stats.
(2) To be eligible for appointment as a reserve judge to perform
judicial assignments, a person must meet all of the following
conditions:
(a) Be eligible under s. 753.075 (2), stats.
(b) Be eligible for appointment under SCR 32.08.
(c) Subject to sub. (3), have in force and on file with the office
of the director of state courts a written consent to eligibility for
appointment as a reserve judge. The written consent shall be renewed
in writing for each successive calendar year and in the form provided
under. sub. (5).
(3) If a consent form under sub. (2) (c) is not renewed for a
successive calendar year before the end of the calendar year for which
it has been filed, the person is not eligible to be a reserve judge until at
least 6 months after his or her most recent consent form under sub. (2)
(c) expires.
(4) A person may withdraw, in writing, a consent to eligibility
for appointment as reserve judge. If a consent is withdrawn, the
person may not file a consent form under sub. (2) (c) for six months
from the effective date of the withdrawal.
(5) (a) The written consent form for permanent reserve judges
shall be in the following form:
“If I am appointed a permanent reserve judge, as that term is
defined in section 753.075 of the Wisconsin Statutes, I consent to be
bound by all provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct (Supreme
Court Rules chapter 60) from the date of that appointment and until its
expiration.”
(b) The written consent form for all other reserve judges shall
be in the following form:
“In consideration of being eligible for appointment and
assignment as a reserve judge during. . . . (year), I consent to be
bound for that year by the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct
(Supreme Court Rules chapter 60) applicable to reserve judges.”
Provenance
- Source
- www.wicourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
- Content hash
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