AB742

AB742 AB742
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy

Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: requiring payment from a ward's estate of reasonable attorney fees and costs for successful petitioners in incompetency and guardianship proceedings.
By Representatives Handrick, La Fave, Owens, Musser, Plale, Porter, Plouff and Sherman; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Panzer, Rosenzweig, Roessler and Schultz.

February 10, 2000 Referred to committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy.

March 1, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (8) Representatives Huebsch, Gundrum, Suder, Grothman, Sherman, Colon, Hebl and Staskunas.
Excused: (1) Representative Walker.

Appearances for
· Representative Joe Handrick, 34th Assembly District
· Jim Villa, on behalf of Senator Alberta Darling, 8th Senate District
· Jim Jaeger, Elder Law Section, State Bar of WI
· Betsy Abramson, Coalition of WI Aging Groups

Appearances against
· Jeff Myer, Legal Action of Wisconsin
· Dianne Greenley, WI Coalition for Advocacy
· Chuck Kreimendahl, Public Interest Law Section of State Bar of WI

Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Jenny Boese, Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law section of State Bar of Wisconsin
· Kevin Lewis, DHFS

Registrations against
· None.

March 16, 2000 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (9) Representatives Huebsch, Gundrum, Walker, Suder, Grothman, Sherman, Colon, Hebl and Staskunas.
Excused: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Staskunas, seconded by Representative Hebl, that Assembly Bill 742 be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (9) Representatives Huebsch, Gundrum, Walker, Suder, Grothman, Sherman, Colon, Hebl and Staskunas.
Noes: (0) None.
Excused:(0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 9, Noes 0, Excused 0





Robert Delaporte
Committee Clerk