Dane County Purchasing Vendor Registration
Carlo Esqueda: Clerk of Circuit Court and Register in Probate

Carlo Esqueda

Clerk of Circuit Court and Register in Probate

Dane County Courthouse
Room 1000
215 S Hamilton St.
Madison, WI 53703
Map to the Courthouse

Phone: (608) 266-4311
Fax: (608) 267-8859
TTY: (608) 266-4625

Hours:
7:45 AM to 4:30 PM
Closed all County holidays

Customers should arrive in time to complete all business by 4:30 PM

Family Court Forms

Note to users: Forms in PDF format are not fillable and need to be printed out to be completed. Forms in Word format are fillable, but fields expand as you type. Make sure you print out all pages of the forms as text may have added more pages than the original format. If you need to fill these forms in by hand or typewriter, print the PDF (Adobe PDF format) document.

Printed copies of these forms are also available from the Dane County Legal Resource Center for a small fee. Call (608) 266-6316 for more information.

Divorce Information Documents

Wisconsin Court System Self-Help Family Web Site
Basic Guide to Divorce/Legal Separation in Dane County
Checklist for Uncontested Divorce or Legal Separation
Checklist for Contested Divorce or Legal Separation

Divorce, Legal Separation, & Annulment Documents

Joint Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Joint Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Joint Petition for Annulment (With Minor Children)
Joint Petition for Annulment (Without Minor Children)
Confidential Petition Addendum
Summons & Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Summons & Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Summons & Petition for Annulment (With Minor Children)
Summons & Petition for Annulment (Without Minor Children)
Response & Counterclaim
Marital Settlement Agreement (With Minor Children)
Marital Settlement Agreement (Without Minor Children)
Order for Appearance
Order to Show Cause for Temporary Order / Affidavit (With Minor Children)
Order to Show Cause for Temporary Order / Affidavit (Without Minor Children)
Stipulation for Temporary Order (With Minor Children)
Stipulation for Temporary Order (Without Minor Children)
Financial Disclosure Statement
Income and Expense Statement
FA-608 Family Medical History Questionnaire
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment of Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment of Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment of Annulment (With Minor Children)
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment of Annulment (Without Minor Children)
Proposed Parenting Plan
Abridgment of Judgment of Divorce

Service Documents

Admission of Service by Respondent
Affidavit of Mailing
Affidavit of Service
Affidavit for Service by Publication
Summons by Publication for Divorce / Legal Separation
Summons by Publication for Annulment Packet

Fee Waiver Documents

Fee Waiver Instructions
Application for Waiver of Family Court Counseling Fee
CV-410 Petition to Waive Filing and Service Fees

Family Court Counseling Services Documents

Family Court Counseling Service Fee Payment Information
Affidavit and Order To Waive Required Mediation

Paternity Forms Packet (use only when paternity was acknowledged at hospital)

Paternity Acknowledgment Packet
Includes Summons and Petition in Paternity Acknowledgment Action, Notice of Motion, Motion for Hearing, and Order for Appearance forms.
GF-150 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act Affidavit

Post-Judgment Documents

Instructions for Motion to Change Custody, Placement, Support or Maintenance
FA-4170 Notice of Motion and Motion to Change: Legal Custody, Physical Placement, Child Support or Spousal Maintenance
FA-4175 Decision & Order on Motion to: Change Legal Custody, Physical Placement, Child Support, Spousal Maintenance, Other
Summons & Petition to Enforce or Modify a Foreign Judgment or Order
Order to Show Cause for Remedial Contempt of a Divorce or Paternity Judgment
FA-609 Petition to Enforce Physical Placement
FA-610 Notice to Enforce Physical Placement
FA-611 Order to Enforce Physical Placement
Motion to Set Specific Periods of Physical Placement
FA-604 Stipulation & Order to Amend Judgment for Support/Maintenance/Custody/Placement
FA-604 Estipulación y Orden para Enmendar Fallo de Manutención/Pensión Alimenticia/Tutela/Colocación

Other Documents

Other Statewide Divorce/Legal Separation Forms
Subpoena Form
Motion and Order to Reopen Hearing
Change of Address form