2019 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 115. State superintendent; general classifications and definitions; children with disabilities.
115.807 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority.
115.807 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority. When a child with a disability, other than a child with a disability who has been adjudicated incompetent in this state, reaches the age of 18, all of the following apply:
(1) The local educational agency shall provide any notice required by this subchapter to both the individual and the individual's parents.
(2) All other rights accorded to the individual's parents under this subchapter transfer to the individual.
(3) The local educational agency shall notify the individual and the individual's parents of the transfer of rights.
(4) The local educational agency shall provide the individual and the individual's parents with information on supported decision-making under ch. 52, other alternatives to guardianship, and strategies to remain engaged in the individual's secondary education.
NOTE: The cross-reference to ch. 52 was changed from ch. 53 by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of ch. 53, as created by 2017 Wis. Act 345.
History: 1997 a. 164; 2005 a. 387; 2017 a. 345; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
