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: Call Wisconsin Relay 711

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

All filings and requests through the mail require a self addressed stamped envelope to return incorrect and/or processed paperwork and receipts to you. Please ensure all required documents are properly notarized before filing with the court.

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
Lista de Control para Divorcio No Disputado
Checklist for Contested Divorce or Legal Separation
Lista de Control para Divorcio Disputado

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)
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Affidavit
Confidential Petition Addendum
Note: both Summons & Petition are necessary for Divorce/Legal Separation
Instructions for Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Summons for Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (With Minor Children)
Note: both Summons & Petition are necessary for Divorce/Legal Separation
Instructions for Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Summons for Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Petition for Divorce / Legal Separation (Without Minor Children)
Summons & Petition for Annulment (With Minor Children)
Summons & Petition for Annulment (Without Minor Children)
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Affidavit
Response & Counterclaim
Marital Settlement Agreement (With Minor Children)
Marital Settlement Agreement (Without Minor Children)
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
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 for Annulment (With Minor Children)
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment for Annulment (Without Minor Children)
Proposed Parenting Plan
Abridgment of Judgment of Divorce
Application for Child Support Services

Service Documents

FA-4119 Admission of Service by Respondent
FA-4121 Affidavit of Mailing
FA-4120 Affidavit of Service
Instructions for Service by Publication for a Divorce, Legal Separation, or Annulment
Affidavit of Efforts to Locate Absent Respondent
FA-4122 Publication Summons
Publication Summons for Annulment
FA-4123 Publication Affidavit of Mailing

Fee Waiver Documents

Fee Waiver Instructions
Procedimiento: Solicitud para Exención de Honorarios, Declaración de Indigencia y Orden (Formulario CV-410)
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
Request for Judicial Review for FCCS Fee Decision

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

Paternity Acknowledgment Packet
Includes Summons and Petition in Paternity Acknowledgment Action, Notice of Motion, and Motion for Hearing, and Affidavit In Support of Motion for Hearing forms.
GF-150 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act Affidavit
GF-179 Confidential Petition Addendum
Application for Child Support Services

Post-Judgment Documents

Instructions for Motion to Change Custody, Placement, Support or Maintenance
Instrucciones para la Petición de Cambiar la Custodia Legal, Domicilio de Hijos, Manutención de Hijos, Manutención de Familia, o la Pensión Alimenticia Conyugal
FA-4170 Notice of Motion and Motion to Change: Legal Custody, Physical Placement, Child Support or Spousal Maintenance
FA-4170 Petición de Cambiar la Custodia Legal, Domicilio de Hijos, Manutención de Hijos, Manutención de Familia, o la Pensión Alimenticia Conyugal
FA-4138 Income & Expense Statement
Summons & Petition to Enforce or Modify a Foreign Judgment or Order
Instructions for Order to Show Cause for Remedial Contempt of a Divorce or Paternity Judgment
FA-4172 Order to Show Cause and Affidavit for Finding of Contempt
FA-609 Petition to Enforce Physical Placement
Motion to Set Specific Periods of Physical Placement
FA-604 Stipulation & Order to Amend Judgment for Support/Maintenance/Custody/Placement
Instructions for Stipulation & Order to Amend Judgment for Support/Maintenance/Custody/Placement
FA-604 Instrucciones para el Acuerdo y Orden de Enmendar un Fallo de Pensión
Notice of Intent to Remove Children

Other Documents

Other Statewide Divorce/Legal Separation Forms
Subpoena Form
Motion and Order to Reopen Hearing
Petition, Affidavit and Order concerning Removal of Address Information from Online Records