Wisconsin
Forest County, Wisconsin
Forest County is assigned to the Milwaukee Division of the Eastern District of Wisconsin under the court's own assignment rule. Which court a case may be filed in is decided separately, by 28 U.S.C. § 1408.
The court Forest County is assigned to
Milwaukee Division, Eastern District of Wisconsin (wieb)
Bankruptcy venue is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1408, not by county alone. It can rest on domicile, residence, a principal place of business, or principal assets in the United States, measured over the 180 days before filing — so a recent move can change which district is available. Confirm venue before filing.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin — Court Locations: Milwaukee (517 East Wisconsin Avenue) is the district's sole filing clerk's office; Green Bay and Oshkosh are 'HEARINGS ONLY - NO FILINGS ACCEPTED.' The court's 2026 Local Rules contain no divisional/place-of-filing venue rule dividing counties, so the single division of business (Milwaukee) serves all counties statutorily assigned to the Eastern District by 28 U.S.C. § 130.
What it costs to file here
- Chapter 7 — total court charges at filing
- $338
- Chapter 13 — total court charges at filing
- $313
28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(B); Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, Item 8
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Wisconsin median income
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Bankruptcy lawyers serving Forest County
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