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Section/Rule:
143.07

Subject:
Rule 143 - Rules of the Small Claims Division on the Circuit Court - Counterclaims
Publication / Adopted Date:
February 11, 1987

Topic:
Counterclaim - Not Out of Same Transaction - Exceeding Jurisdiction - Procedure
Revised / Effective Date:
January 1, 1988

143.07. Counterclaim - Not Out of Same Transaction - Exceeding Jurisdiction - Procedure

If the amount of a counterclaim not arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as plaintiff's claim exceeds the small claims division's monetary jurisdiction and the parties do not consent that the case may be heard in the small claims division, the judge shall dismiss the counterclaim without prejudice.

(Added Feb. 11, 1987, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.)