Waukesha Court Information and Location

The Waukesha Court is responsible for enforcing the law and the dictates of the Constitution. It is authorized to decide whether a breach of law has been committed, recognize the violator, and punish the person. The Waukesha Court may pass judgments and advise remedial actions to ensure that citizen rights are secured. These are the duties of the court and delivering them ensures that justice, peace, and harmony prevail in the community.

Authority of the Waukesha Court

The Waukesha Municipal Court has rights of jurisdiction over the non-criminal violations that occur in the city of Waukesha. Specific cases are handled by the various divisions of the court: Civil, Family, Criminal/Traffic, Juvenile, Probate, and Jury Services.

Civil Court hears de novo trials, civil lawsuits where the amount of controversy is less than $5,000, eviction, garnishment, foreclosure sales, liens, change of name, and return of earnest money.

Family Court deals with annulment, divorces, paternity suits, providing child support, legal custody and physical placement, and determining the visitation rights of noncustodial parents.

Probate Court deals with adoption, estates and trusts of deceased persons, wills, granting powers of attorney, and guardianship and protective placement of minors, and incapacitated or incapable adults.

Juvenile Court handles adoption, civil commitments, guardianships and protective placements, delinquency issues, and juvenile ordinance violations.

Accessing Case Records and Information

In recent years, the Waukesha Court has made efforts to give the public access to the records and information of the cases that have been tried at the court. You may now obtain copies of transcripts or court files, view online records, view a court file in person, and view or obtain off-site records and files. You have to pay a nominal amount to access these records. Requests to access juvenile records must be reviewed and approved by the Juvenile Court judge.

To acquire physical copies of a court case or view a court file in person, you will have to get in touch with the official court reporter for the Court Official who presided over the specific hearing. To view an online record, you may use the public access computers housed at the Civil, Criminal/Traffic, Family, and Probate divisions of the court. Information on sealed, expunged, and pre-judgment paternity cases are not available online.

Mailing Addresses

Most court affairs of the Waukesha Court, except civil commitments, are dealt with at 515 W. Moreland Boulevard in the city of Waukesha. Juvenile court cases including adult civil commitments are dealt with at the Juvenile Center at 521 Riverview.

The various divisions of the Waukesha Court (Civil, Family, Criminal/Traffic, Juvenile, Probate, and Jury Services) have separate correspondence addresses. If your query is related to a specific case, then it is a good idea to address it to the respective Court official. You will obtain the mailing addresses here: http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/CourtDivisions.aspx?id=23250. The respective phone numbers are listed in this site: http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/Courts.aspx?id=30222.