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SCR 70.35

Reserve judge eligibility

activein force · 2025-01-02 – presentact-effective-date

(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 If a consent is withdrawn, the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
20e5517fc75544b62f0cd9f95df04838469538f151f2d2f423bcf6ff9ec9c8ba
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