Circuit court eFiling - eFiling as an attorney-mediator on family and paternity cases

Purpose: Attorneys can file as mediators for parties involved in family and paternity cases. The eFiling site allows attorney-mediators to both create a new case filing as a mediator and opt in as an electronic party to an existing case as a mediator.

Applicable Users: Attorney-mediators

Filing a new case as an attorney-mediator

1. Upon selecting a family or paternity class code when beginning a new case filing on the eFiling website, you are prompted with the question, “Are you filing as a mediator?”
   
2. Select the Yes radio button. Then, select the [Continue] button. The system will add you as the attorney-mediator on the case.

For more general information on the process of filing a new case, please refer to the help article for eFiling a new case. 

Opting in as an attorney-mediator on an existing case

You can opt in on any existing family or paternity case as a mediator.

1. You must be entered as a mediator party on the case to opt in. If you are not listed as a mediator party, contact the clerk of circuit court office in the county where your case is filed. Only the clerk can enter you as a party on the case.
2. Once you are listed as a mediator party, visit the eFiling website (https://efiling.wicourts.gov/) and select the Opt in menu option. After entering the county and case number, the Party dropdown menu will automatically populate with your name.
   
3. Select the [Save] or [Save, and opt in on another case] button.

Mediator eFiling fees

Regardless of whether you are filing a new case as a mediator or opting into an existing case as a mediator, the same $70 eFiling fee will apply. This fee will be reduced to $35 or $0, depending on whether one or more of the title parties has already paid their eFiling fee or if a fee waiver covers them.