Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration-Division of Hearings and Appeals
Chapter HA 1 - Procedure And Practice For Contested Cases
Section HA 1.07 - Changes in time or place of hearing; adjournments; failures to appear
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง HA 1.07
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) CHANGES. Requests for changes in the time and place of a scheduled hearing will be granted only for good cause. A request received after any required newspaper publication or legal notice will be rescheduled only if the person requesting the change bears the cost of such change and the administrative law judge deems such change appropriate under the circumstances presented.
(2) ADJOURNMENT. The administrative law judge may adjourn a hearing for good cause and the hearing shall be reset or reconvened at his or her discretion.
(3) FAILURE TO APPEAR.
(a) If an appellant fails to appear at a
hearing following due notice, the administrative law judge may dismiss the
appeal unless the appellant shows good cause for the failure to appear. If an
appellant fails to submit proof of publication and notice as required by
statute, the administrative law judge may dismiss the appeal and cancel the
hearing.
(b) If a respondent fails
to appear, the administrative law judge may take testimony and issue, modify or
rescind an order or take the allegations in an appeal as true as may be
appropriate, unless good cause is shown for the failure to appear.
(c) For a telephone or video hearing or
prehearing, the administrative law judge may find a failure to appear grounds
for default if any of the following conditions exist for more than ten minutes
after the scheduled time for hearing or prehearing conference:
(1) The failure to provide a telephone number
to the division after it had been requested;
(2) the failure to answer the telephone or
videoconference line;
(3) the
failure to free the line for the proceeding;
(4) the failure to be ready to proceed with
the hearing or prehearing conference as scheduled.
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