Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
ISBN: 978-1-57862-648-9 648+ pp.; 5th ed., 2022-23 (Includes 2024-25 supplement)
Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook

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Wisconsin Juvenile Law covers the provisions of both Wisconsin's Juvenile Justice Code (chapter 938) and the Children's Code (chapter 48). You will find detailed and practical explanations of the key aspects of delinquency, CHIPS, JIPS, and UCHIPS proceedings, including the rights of the parties, the intake process, the filing of a petition, waiver of a juvenile into adult court, discovery, plea hearings, fact-finding hearings, dispositional hearings, and appeals. You will also find discussions of the termination of parental rights and parental consent for abortions.

The 2024–2025 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • The Wisconsin Legislature’s creation of a new out-of-home care placement option with a person who is “like-kin”
  • New legislation concerning the use of “baby boxes” under the safe-haven law for relinquishing custody of a newborn
  • Updated discussions about the status of the construction of a new secure youth facility to replace Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School
  • Recent appellate court decisions addressing matters such as termination of parental rights, victim’s rights, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and motions to suppress statements made during custodial interrogations

The 2022-2023 revision includes a number of changes such as:

  • The Wisconsin Legislature’s creation of the concept of qualified residential treatment programs (QRTPs) in the Wisconsin Statutes, allowing children and juveniles to be placed in such programs in appropriate cases
  • A Wisconsin Supreme Court order that added provisions to the Wisconsin Statutes to regulate the use of physical restraints on children and juveniles in court during proceedings under the Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code
  • The legislature’s amendments to the circumstances under which courts can conduct proceedings via telephone or live audiovisual means in cases under Wis. Stat. ch. 938
  • Updated discussions about the status of the construction of a new secure youth facility in Milwaukee County to replace Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School
  • Recent appellate court decisions addressing matters such as waiver of juveniles into adult court, victim’s rights, termination of parental rights, and the admissibility of evidence
  1. Table of Contents
  2. How to Use the Book Forms
  3. Introduction
  4. Rights of Children, Parents, and Expectant Mothers
  5. Roles of the Parties in Juvenile Court
  6. Jurisdiction and Venue
  7. Physical Custody
  8. Intake Inquiry
  9. Filing of a Petition (CHIPS, UCHIPS, JIPS, and Delinquency Cases)
  10. Plea Hearing
  11. Discovery and Other Motion Practice
  12. Fact-Finding Hearing
  13. Dispositional Hearing
  14. Postdispositional Proceedings
  15. Appeals
  16. Waiver into Adult Court
  17. Confidentiality
  18. Contempt and Juvenile Sanctions
  19. Termination of Parental Rights
  20. Parental Consent for Minor’s Abortion
  21. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Appendices

Forms Index

Subject Index

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