48.299 (1) (a) The general public shall be excluded from hearings under this chapter and from hearings by courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 or 48.17 (2) unless a public fact-finding hearing is demanded by a child through his or her counsel. However, the court shall refuse to grant the public hearing if the victim of an alleged sexual assault objects or, in a nondelinquency proceeding other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a parent or guardian objects. All hearings under s. 48.375 (7) shall be held in chambers, unless a public fact-finding hearing is demanded by the child through her counsel. If a public hearing is not held, only the parties, their counsel, witnesses and other persons requested by a party and approved by the court may be present. Except in a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), any other person the court finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the court, including a member of the bar, may be admitted by the court.
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Section 200
. 48.299 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 201
. 48.299 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.299 (4) (a) Chapters 901 to 911 shall govern the presentation of evidence at the fact-finding hearings under ss. 48.31 and 48.42. Section 972.11 (5) applies at fact-finding proceedings in all delinquency proceedings under this chapter.
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Section 202
. 48.299 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.299 (4) (b) Except as provided in s. 901.05, neither common law nor statutory rules of evidence are binding at a waiver hearing under s. 48.18, a hearing for a child held in custody under s. 48.21, a runaway home hearing under s. 48.227 (4), a hearing under s. 48.296 (4) for a child who is alleged to have violated s. 940.225, 948.02, 948.025, 948.05 or 948.06, a dispositional hearing, or a hearing about changes in placement, revision of dispositional orders or extension of dispositional orders. At those hearings, the court shall admit all testimony having reasonable probative value, but shall exclude immaterial, irrelevant or unduly repetitious testimony or evidence that is inadmissible under s. 901.05. Hearsay evidence may be admitted if it has demonstrable circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness. The court shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. The court shall apply the basic principles of relevancy, materiality and probative value to proof of all questions of fact. Objections to evidentiary offers and offers of proof of evidence not admitted may be made and shall be noted in the record.
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Section 203
. 48.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (1) Except as provided in this subsection, the hearing to determine the child's plea to a citation or a petition under s. 48.12, 48.125 or 48.13 (12), or to determine whether any party wishes to contest an allegation that the child is in need of protection or services, shall take place on a date which allows reasonable time for the parties to prepare but is within 30 days after the filing of a petition or issuance of a citation for a child who is not being held in secure custody or within 10 days after the filing of a petition or issuance of a citation for a child who is being held in secure custody. In a municipal court operated jointly by 2 or more cities, towns or villages under s. 755.01 (4), the hearing to determine the child's plea shall take place within 45 days after the filing of a petition or issuance of a citation for a child who is not being held in secure custody.
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Section 204
. 48.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (2) At the commencement of the hearing under this section the child and the parent, guardian or legal custodian shall be advised of their rights as specified in s. 48.243 and shall be informed that a request for a jury trial or for a substitution of judge under s. 48.29 must be made before the end of the plea hearing or be waived, except where the child is before the court on a uniform municipal citation, issued under ch. 800 in which case the court shall inform the child that a request for a jury trial may be made at any time prior to the fact-finding hearing and within 20 days after the plea hearing. Nonpetitioning parties, including the child, shall be granted a continuance of the plea hearing if they wish to consult with an attorney on the request for a jury trial or substitution of a judge.
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Section 205
. 48.30 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (3) If a petition alleges that a child is in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 (1) to (11), the nonpetitioning parties and the child, if he or she is 12 years of age or older or is otherwise competent to do so, shall state whether they desire to contest the petition.
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Section 206
. 48.30 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 207
. 48.30 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 208
. 48.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (6) If a petition is not contested, the court shall set a date for the dispositional hearing which allows reasonable time for the parties to prepare but is no more than 10 days from the plea hearing for the child who is held in secure custody and no more than 30 days from the plea hearing for a child who is not held in secure custody. If it appears to the court that disposition of the case may include placement of the child outside the child's home, the court shall order the child's parent to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses to the court or the designated agency under s. 48.33 (1) at least 5 days before the scheduled date of the dispositional hearing or as otherwise ordered by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department under s. 46.25 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 46.10 (14) (c). If all parties consent the court may proceed immediately with the dispositional hearing. If a citation is not contested, the court may proceed immediately to enter a dispositional order.
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Section 209
. 48.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (7) If the citation or the petition is contested, the court shall set a date for the fact-finding hearing which allows reasonable time for the parties to prepare but is no more than 20 days from the plea hearing for a child who is held in secure custody and no more than 30 days from the plea hearing for a child who is not held in secure custody.
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Section 210
. 48.30 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (8) Except when a child fails to appear in response or stipulates to a citation before Before accepting an admission or plea of no contest of the alleged facts in a petition or citation, the court shall:
(a) Address the parties present including the child personally and determine that the plea or admission is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the acts alleged in the petition or citation and the potential dispositions.
(b) Establish whether any promises or threats were made to elicit a plea the plea or admission and alert unrepresented parties to the possibility that a lawyer may discover defenses or mitigating circumstances which would not be apparent to them.
(c) Make such inquiries as satisfactorily establishes that there is a factual basis for the child's plea or parent parent's and child's plea or admission.
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Section 211
. 48.30 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (9) If a court commissioner conducts the plea hearing and accepts an admission of the alleged facts in a petition brought under s. 48.12 or 48.13, the judge shall review the admission at the beginning of the dispositional hearing by addressing the parties and making the inquires set forth in sub. (8).
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Section 212
. 48.30 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.30 (10) The court may permit any party to participate in hearings under this section by telephone or live audio-visual means except a child who intends to admit the facts of a delinquency petition.
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Section 213
. 48.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.31 (1) In this section, “fact-finding hearing" means a hearing to determine if the allegations of a petition under s. 48.12 or 48.13 (12) are supported beyond a reasonable doubt or a hearing to determine if the allegations in a petition or citation under s. 48.125 or 48.13 (1) to (11) or a petition to terminate parental rights are proved by clear and convincing evidence.
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Section 214
. 48.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.31 (2) The hearing shall be to the court unless the child, parent, guardian or legal custodian exercises the right to a jury trial by demanding a jury trial at any time before or during the plea hearing. Chapters 756 and 805 shall govern the selection of jurors except that ss. 972.03 and 972.04 shall apply in cases in which the juvenile is alleged to be delinquent under s. 48.12. If the hearing involves a child victim or witness, as defined in s. 950.02, the court may order the taking and allow the use of a videotaped deposition under s. 967.04 (7) to (10) and, with the district attorney, shall comply with s. 971.105. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court or jury shall make a determination of the facts. If the court finds that the child is not within the jurisdiction of the court or the court or jury finds that the facts alleged in the petition or citation have not been proved, the court shall dismiss the petition or citation with prejudice.
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Section 215
. 48.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.31 (4) The court or jury shall make findings of fact and the court shall make conclusions of law relating to the allegations of a petition filed under s. 48.13 (1) to (11m). In cases alleging a child to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 (11), the court shall not find that the child is suffering serious emotional damage unless a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed psychologist appointed by the court to examine the child has testified at the hearing that in his or her opinion the condition exists, and adequate opportunity for the cross-examination of the physician or psychologist has been afforded. The judge may use the written reports if the right to have testimony presented is voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waived by the guardian ad litem or legal counsel for the child and the parent or guardian. In cases alleging a child to be in need of protection and services under s. 48.13 (11m), the court shall not find that the child is in need of treatment and education for needs and problems related to the use or abuse of alcohol beverages or controlled substances and its medical, personal, family or social effects unless an assessment for alcohol and other drug abuse that conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4) has been conducted by an approved treatment facility. In cases alleging a child delinquent or in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 (12) the court shall make findings relating to the proof of the violation of law and to the proof that the child named in the petition committed the violation alleged.
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Section 216
. 48.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (1) At any time after the filing of a petition for a proceeding relating to s. 48.12 or 48.13 and before the entry of judgment, the judge or juvenile court commissioner may suspend the proceedings and place the child under supervision in the child's own home or present placement. The court may establish terms and conditions applicable to the parent, guardian or legal custodian, and to the child, including any conditions specified in subs. (1d), (1g) and (1t). The order under this section shall be known as a consent decree and must be agreed to by the child if 12 years of age or older; the parent, guardian or legal custodian; and the person filing the petition under s. 48.25. If the consent decree includes any conditions specified in sub. (1g), the consent decree shall include provisions for payment of the services as specified in s. 48.361. The consent decree shall be reduced to writing and given to the parties.
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Section 217
. 48.32 (1d) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 218
. 48.32 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 219
. 48.32 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 220
. 48.32 (1t) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 221
. 48.32 (1x) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 24, is repealed.
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Section 222
. 48.32 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a A consent decree shall remain in effect up to 6 months unless the child, parent, guardian or legal custodian is discharged sooner by the judge or juvenile court commissioner.
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Section 223
. 48.32 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 224
. 48.32 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 225
. 48.32 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (5) (a) The court refuses to enter into a consent decree and the allegations in the petition remain to be decided in a hearing where the child denies the allegations of delinquency or one of the parties denies the allegations forming the basis for a child in need of protection or services petition; or
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Section 226
. 48.32 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.32 (5) (b) A consent decree is granted but the petition under s. 48.12 or 48.13 is subsequently reinstated.
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Section 227
. 48.33 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
48.33 (1) Report required. (intro.) Before the disposition of a child adjudged to be delinquent or in need of protection or services the court shall designate an agency, as defined in s. 48.38 (1) (a), to submit a report which shall contain all of the following:
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Section 228
. 48.33 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 385 and 481, is repealed.
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Section 229
. 48.33 (3r) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.
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Section 230
. 48.33 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.33 (4m) Support recommendations; information to parents. (intro.) In making a recommendation for an amount of child support under sub. (3) or (4), the agency shall consider the factors that the court considers under s. 46.10 (14) (c) for deviation from the percentage standard. Prior to the dispositional hearing under s. 48.335, the agency shall provide the child's parent with all of the following:
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Section 231
. 48.331 of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is repealed.
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Section 232
. 48.335 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.335 (1) The court shall conduct a hearing to determine the disposition of a case in which a child is adjudged to be delinquent under s. 48.12, to have violated a civil law or ordinance under s. 48.125 or to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.13, except the court shall proceed as provided by s. 48.237 (2) if a citation is issued and the child fails to contest the citation.
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Section 233
. 48.335 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 234
. 48.34 (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 22 and 24, is repealed.
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Section 235
. 48.34 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (1).
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Section 236
. 48.34 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 48.345 (2) and amended to read:
48.345 (2) Place the child under supervision of an agency, the department of corrections, if the department of corrections approves, or a suitable adult, including a friend of the child, under conditions prescribed by the judge including reasonable rules for the child's conduct, designed for the physical, mental and moral well-being and behavior of the child.
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Section 237
. 48.34 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 2451r, is renumbered 48.345 (2m) and amended to read:
48.345 (2m) Place the child in the child's home under the supervision of an agency, or the department of health and social services, if the child is in need of protection or services and that, if the department approves,
or the department of corrections, if the child is delinquent and that department approves, and order the agency or department to provide specified services to the child and the child's family, which may include but are not limited to individual, family or group counseling, homemaker or parent aide services, respite care, housing assistance, day care or parent skills training.
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Section 238
. 48.34 (2r) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 239
. 48.34 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (3).
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Section 240
. 48.34 (3g) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 2453p, is repealed.
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Section 241
. 48.34 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (4).
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Section 242
. 48.34 (4h) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.
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Section 243
. 48.34 (4m) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.
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Section 244
. 48.34 (4n) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385 and 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.
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Section 245
. 48.34 (4p) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 246
. 48.34 (4r) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 247
. 48.34 (4s) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 248
. 48.34 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 249
. 48.34 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (6).
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Section 250
. 48.34 (6m) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is renumbered 48.345 (6m).
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Section 251
. 48.34 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 252
. 48.34 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 253
. 48.34 (7r) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 22, is repealed.
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Section 254
. 48.34 (7t) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 24, is repealed.
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Section 255
. 48.34 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 256
. 48.34 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 22, is repealed.
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Section 257
. 48.34 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (10) (title).
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Section 258
. 48.34 (10) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 48.345 (10) (a).
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Section 259
. 48.34 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (10) (b).
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Section 260
. 48.34 (10) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (10) (c).
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Section 261
. 48.34 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (11).
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Section 262
. 48.34 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 48.345 (12).
