Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 767.335 (2026)
Waiting period for final hearing or trial
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767.335767.335 Waiting period for final hearing or trial. An action for divorce or legal separation may not be brought to final hearing or trial or granted based on an affidavit under s. 767.235 (1) (b) until the first of the following occurs:
767.335(1)(1) Generally. The expiration of 120 days after service of the summons and petition upon the respondent or the expiration of 120 days after the filing of the joint petition.
767.335(2)(2) Emergency. An order by the court, after consideration of the recommendation of a circuit court commissioner, directing an immediate hearing on the petition for the protection of the health or safety of either of the parties or of any child of the marriage or for other emergency reasons consistent with the policies of this chapter. The court shall, upon granting the order, specify the grounds for the order.
767.335 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 105; 1979 c. 32 ss. 50, 92 (4); 1979 c. 196; Stats. 1979 s. 767.083; 1987 a. 355; 2001 a. 61; 2005 a. 443 s. 45; Stats. 2005 s. 767.335; 2025 a. 40.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Appling v. Doyle, 2013 WI App 3, 826 N.W.2d 666.
Appling v. Doyle, 2013 WI App 3, 826 N.W.2d 666. “Wis. Stat. § 767.335 (1). A court-ordered or approved division of debt and property must then be made between the two parties, Wis.”
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