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2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 48 - Children's code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 48.01 - Title and legislative purpose.
- 48.02 - Definitions.
- 48.022 - Electronic filing.
- 48.023 - Guardianship.
- 48.025 - Declaration of paternal interest in matters affecting children.
- 48.027 - Child custody jurisdiction.
- 48.028 - Indian child welfare.
- 48.029 - Pregnancy testing prohibited.
- 48.03 - Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.
- 48.035 - Court; Menominee and Shawano counties.
- 48.04 - Employees of court.
- 48.06 - Services for court.
- 48.067 - Powers and duties of intake workers.
- 48.069 - Powers and duties of disposition staff.
- 48.07 - Additional sources of court services.
- 48.08 - Duties of person furnishing services to court.
- 48.09 - Representation of the interests of the public.
- 48.10 - Power of the judge to act as intake worker.
- 48.11 - Advisory board.
- 48.13 - Jurisdiction over children alleged to be in need of protection or services.
- 48.133 - Jurisdiction over unborn children in need of protection or services and the expectant mothers of those unborn children.
- 48.135 - Referral of children and expectant mothers of unborn children to proceedings under chapter 51 or 55.
- 48.14 - Jurisdiction over other matters relating to children.
- 48.15 - Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody.
- 48.16 - Jurisdiction over petitions for waiver of parental consent to a minor’s abortion.
- 48.185 - Venue.
- 48.19 - Taking a child into custody.
- 48.193 - Taking an adult expectant mother into custody.
- 48.195 - Taking a newborn child into custody.
- 48.20 - Release or delivery of child from custody.
- 48.203 - Release or delivery of adult expectant mother from custody.
- 48.205 - Criteria for holding a child or expectant mother in physical custody.
- 48.207 - Places where a child or expectant mother may be held in nonsecure custody.
- 48.208 - Criteria for holding a child in a juvenile detention facility.
- 48.209 - Criteria for holding a child in a county jail.
- 48.21 - Hearing for child in custody.
- 48.213 - Hearing for adult expectant mother in custody.
- 48.215 - Mother-young child care program.
- 48.217 - Change in placement; child or expectant mother held in custody.
- 48.227 - Runaway homes.
- 48.23 - Right to counsel.
- 48.233 - Five-county pilot program.
- 48.235 - Guardian ad litem.
- 48.236 - Court-appointed special advocate.
- 48.24 - Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry.
- 48.243 - Basic rights: duty of intake worker.
- 48.245 - Informal disposition.
- 48.25 - Petition: authorization to file.
- 48.255 - Petition; form and content.
- 48.257 - Petition to initiate a procedure to waive parental consent prior to a minor’s abortion.
- 48.263 - Amendment of petition.
- 48.27 - Notice; summons.
- 48.273 - Service of summons or notice; expense.
- 48.275 - Parents’ contribution to cost of court and legal services.
- 48.28 - Failure to obey summons; capias.
- 48.29 - Substitution of judge.
- 48.293 - Discovery.
- 48.295 - Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination.
- 48.297 - Motions before trial.
- 48.299 - Procedures at hearings.
- 48.30 - Plea hearing.
- 48.305 - Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a child or expectant mother.
- 48.31 - Fact-finding hearing.
- 48.315 - Delays, continuances and extensions.
- 48.317 - Jeopardy.
- 48.32 - Consent decree.
- 48.33 - Court reports.
- 48.335 - Dispositional hearings.
- 48.345 - Disposition of child or unborn child of child expectant mother adjudged in need of protection or services.
- 48.347 - Disposition of unborn child of adult expectant mother adjudged in need of protection or services.
- 48.35 - Effect of judgment and disposition.
- 48.355 - Dispositional orders.
- 48.356 - Duty of court to warn.
- 48.357 - Change in placement; child or expectant mother subject to dispositional order.
- 48.358 - Trial reunification.
- 48.36 - Payment for services.
- 48.361 - Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services.
- 48.362 - Payment for certain special treatment or care services.
- 48.363 - Revision of dispositional orders.
- 48.365 - Extension of orders.
- 48.366 - Extended out-of-home care.
- 48.368 - Continuation of dispositional orders.
- 48.37 - Costs and fees.
- 48.371 - Access to certain information by substitute care provider.
- 48.373 - Medical authorization.
- 48.375 - Parental consent required prior to abortion; judicial waiver procedure.
- 48.38 - Permanency planning.
- 48.383 - Reasonable and prudent parent standard.
- 48.385 - Plan for transition to independent living.
- 48.396 - Records.
- 48.40 - Definitions.
- 48.41 - Voluntary consent to termination of parental rights.
- 48.415 - Grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights.
- 48.417 - Petition for termination of parental rights; when required.
- 48.42 - Procedure.
- 48.422 - Hearing on the petition.
- 48.423 - Rights of persons alleging paternity.
- 48.424 - Fact-finding hearing.
- 48.425 - Court report by an agency.
- 48.426 - Standard and factors.
- 48.427 - Dispositions.
- 48.43 - Court orders; contents and effect; review.
- 48.432 - Access to medical information.
- 48.433 - Access to identifying information about parents.
- 48.434 - Release of identifying information by an agency when authorization is granted.
- 48.435 - Custody of children.
- 48.437 - Change in placement; posttermination of parental rights.
- 48.46 - New evidence; relief from judgment terminating parental rights.
- 48.465 - Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal.
- 48.468 - Purpose of department.
- 48.47 - Duties of department.
- 48.48 - Authority of department.
- 48.481 - Grants for children’s community programs.
- 48.485 - Transfer of Indian children to department for adoption.
- 48.487 - Tribal family services.
- 48.52 - Facilities for care of children and adult expectant mothers in care of department.
- 48.526 - Community youth and family aids.
- 48.527 - Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities.
- 48.528 - Community intervention program.
- 48.545 - Brighter futures initiative.
- 48.546 - Family treatment court grant program.
- 48.547 - Alcohol and other drug abuse program.
- 48.548 - Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria.
- 48.55 - State adoption information exchange and state adoption center.
- 48.56 - Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000.
- 48.561 - Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.
- 48.562 - Milwaukee child welfare partnership council.
- 48.563 - Children and family aids funding.
- 48.565 - Carry-over of children and family aids funds.
- 48.568 - Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare.
- 48.569 - Distribution of children and family aids funds to counties.
- 48.57 - Powers and duties of department and county departments providing child welfare services.
- 48.576 - Shelter care facilities; general supervision and inspection by department.
- 48.578 - Shelter care facilities; establishment, approval, inspection.
- 48.58 - County children’s home in populous counties.
- 48.59 - Examination and records.
- 48.599 - Definitions.
- 48.60 - Child welfare agencies licensed.
- 48.61 - Powers and duties of child welfare agencies.
- 48.615 - Child welfare agency licensing fees.
- 48.619 - Definition.
- 48.62 - Licensing of foster homes; rates.
- 48.623 - Subsidized guardianships.
- 48.625 - Licensing of group homes; fees.
- 48.627 - Foster parent insurance and liability.
- 48.63 - Restrictions on placements.
- 48.64 - Placement of children in out-of-home care.
- 48.645 - Foster care aid.
- 48.647 - Second-chance homes.
- 48.65 - Child care centers licensed; fees.
- 48.651 - Certification of child care providers.
- 48.653 - Information for child care providers.
- 48.655 - Parental access.
- 48.656 - Parent’s right to know.
- 48.657 - Child care center reports.
- 48.658 - Child safety alarms in child care vehicles.
- 48.659 - Child care quality rating system.
- 48.66 - Licensing duties of the department.
- 48.67 - Rules governing child welfare agencies, child care centers, foster homes, group homes, shelter care facilities, and county departments.
- 48.675 - Qualified residential treatment programs.
- 48.68 - Investigation of applicant; issuing of license.
- 48.685 - Criminal history and child abuse record search.
- 48.686 - Criminal history and child abuse record search; child care.
- 48.69 - Probationary licenses.
- 48.70 - Provisions of licenses.
- 48.715 - Sanctions and penalties.
- 48.72 - Appeal procedure.
- 48.73 - Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs.
- 48.735 - Immunization requirements; child care centers.
- 48.737 - Lead screening, inspection and reduction requirements; child care centers.
- 48.74 - Authority of department to investigate alleged violations.
- 48.743 - Community living arrangements for children.
- 48.745 - Formal complaints regarding child welfare agencies and group homes.
- 48.75 - Foster homes licensed by public licensing agencies and by child welfare agencies.
- 48.76 - Penalties.
- 48.77 - Injunction against violations.
- 48.81 - Who may be adopted.
- 48.82 - Who may adopt.
- 48.825 - Advertising related to adoption.
- 48.83 - Jurisdiction and venue.
- 48.831 - Appointment of guardian for child without a living parent for adoptability finding.
- 48.832 - Transfer of guardianship upon revocation of guardian’s license or contract.
- 48.833 - Placement of children for adoption by the department, county departments, and child welfare agencies.
- 48.834 - Placement of children with relatives or siblings for adoption by the department, county departments, and child welfare agencies.
- 48.835 - Placement of children with relatives for adoption.
- 48.837 - Placement of children with nonrelatives for adoption.
- 48.838 - Foreign adoption fees.
- 48.839 - Adoption of foreign children.
- 48.84 - Preadoption preparation for proposed adoptive parents.
- 48.841 - Persons required to file recommendation as to adoption.
- 48.85 - Recommendation of guardian.
- 48.871 - Filing of recommendation by guardian.
- 48.88 - Notice of hearing; investigation.
- 48.89 - Recommendation of the department.
- 48.90 - Filing of adoption petition; preadoption residence.
- 48.91 - Hearing; order.
- 48.913 - Payments by adoptive or proposed adoptive parents to a birth parent or child or on behalf of a birth parent or child.
- 48.915 - Adoption appeals given preference.
- 48.92 - Effect of adoption.
- 48.925 - Visitation rights of certain persons.
- 48.93 - Records closed.
- 48.94 - New birth record.
- 48.95 - Withdrawal or denial of petition.
- 48.96 - Subsequent adoption.
- 48.97 - Adoption and guardianship orders of other jurisdictions.
- 48.975 - Adoption assistance.
- 48.977 - Appointment of guardians for certain children in need of protection or services.
- 48.978 - Appointment or designation of standby guardian of a child.
- 48.979 - Delegation of power by parent.
- 48.9795 - Appointment of guardian of the person for a child.
- 48.98 - Interstate placement of children.
- 48.981 - Abused or neglected children and abused unborn children.
- 48.982 - Child abuse and neglect prevention board.
- 48.983 - Child abuse and neglect prevention program.
- 48.986 - Child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse services.
- 48.987 - Earnings of self-supporting minors.
- 48.9875 - Minor consent for housing.
- 48.988 - Interstate compact on the placement of children.
- 48.989 - Interstate compact on the placement of children: additional procedure.
- 48.9895 - Withdrawal from Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
- 48.99 - Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.
- 48.9985 - Interstate adoption agreements.
- 48.999 - Expediting interstate placements of children.
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