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(4) Providing counsel. In any situation under this section in which a
5person has a right to be represented by counsel or is provided counsel at the
6discretion of the court and counsel is not knowingly and voluntarily waived, the court
7shall refer the person to the state public defender and counsel shall be appointed by
8the state public defender under s. 977.08 without a determination of indigency. If the
9referral is of a person who has filed a petition under s. 48.375 (7), the state public
10defender shall appoint counsel within 24 hours after that referral. Any counsel
11appointed in a petition filed under s. 48.375 (7) shall continue to represent the child
12in any appeal brought under s. 809.105 unless the child requests substitution of
13counsel or extenuating circumstances make it impossible for counsel to continue to
14represent the child. In any situation under sub. (2) in which a parent 18 years of age
15or older is entitled to representation by counsel; counsel is not knowingly and
16voluntarily waived; and it appears that the parent is unable to afford counsel in full,
1or the parent so indicates; the court shall refer the parent to the authority for
2indigency determinations specified under s. 977.07 (1). In any other situation under
3this section in which a person has a right to be represented by counsel or is provided
4counsel at the discretion of the court, competent and independent counsel shall be
5provided and reimbursed in any manner suitable to the court regardless of the
6person's ability to pay
, except that the court may not order a person who files a
7petition under s. 813.122 or 813.125 to reimburse counsel for the child who is named
8as the respondent in that petition.".
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(4) If a juvenile escapes in violation of s. 946.42 (3), as soon as possible after
17the department or county department having supervision or legal custody over the
18juvenile discovers that escape, that department or county department shall make a
19reasonable effort to notify by telephone any known victim of the act for which the
20juvenile was found delinquent, if the criteria under sub. (1) (b) are met, an adult
21member of the victim's family, if the victim died as a result of the juvenile's delinquent
22act and if the criteria under sub. (1) (b) are met or the victim's parent or guardian,
1if the victim is younger than 18 years old and if the criteria under sub. (1) (b) are
2met.".