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JD-1739A

Request and Authorization to Open Juvenile Court Records for Inspection

Wisconsin · Wisconsin Court System · Effective September 8, 2022

This form is used to ask the court for permission to look at records from the juvenile court. It lets the person asking state who they are and what specific records they want to see.

The court describes it as: To provide a standardized form for authorization by certain parties to access child/juvenile court records, as well as providing a record of the request and a method for the juvenile clerk to indicate the records that were disclosed.

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Where this fits in a case

General & info

Information / general use — not tied to one step of a case

This form is used when someone needs to request and get permission to look at records kept by the child or juvenile court.

Either party may file.

Official instructions

How-to guides published by the court for this form.

Common questions

Who can fill out this form?
The form allows the child/juvenile, a parent, a guardian, a legal custodian, an expectant mother, or a guardian ad litem to fill it out.
What does this form ask for?
It asks the person filling it out to state if they are the child/juvenile and to specify which court records they want to inspect or authorize someone else to inspect.

Revision history

No changes recorded since we started tracking this form on October 10, 2026. The current version took effect September 8, 2022.

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