AB130-engrossed,184,20 6938.06 Services for court. (1) Counties with a population of 500,000 or
7more.
(a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more, the county board of
8supervisors shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and
9supervising cases by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a
10director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). The director is the chief
11administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and
12secure detention facilities of the center except as otherwise provided in this
13subsection. The director is charged with administration of the personnel and
14services of the sections and of the secure detention facilities, and is responsible for
15supervising both the operation of the physical plant and the maintenance and
16improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center. The center shall include
17investigative services for all juveniles alleged to be in need of protection or services
18to be provided by the county department, and the services of an assistant district
19attorney or assistant corporation counsel or both, who shall be assigned to the center
20to provide investigative as well as legal work in the cases.
AB130-engrossed,185,221 2. The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall formulate written
22judicial policy governing intake and court services for juvenile matters and the
23director shall be charged with executing the judicial policy. The chief judge shall
24direct and supervise the work of all personnel of the court, except the work of the

1district attorney or corporation counsel assigned to the court. The chief judge may
2delegate his or her supervisory functions under s. 938.065 (1).
AB130-engrossed,185,243 3. The county board of supervisors shall develop policies and establish
4necessary rules for the management and administration of the nonjudicial
5operations of the children's court center. The director of the center shall report and
6is responsible to the director of the county department for the execution of all
7nonjudicial operational policies and rules governing the center, including activities
8of probation officers whenever they are not performing services for the court. The
9director of the center is also responsible for the preparation and submission to the
10county board of supervisors of the annual budget for the center except for the judicial
11functions or responsibilities which are delegated by law to the judge or judges and
12clerk of circuit court. The county board of supervisors shall make provision in the
13organization of the office of director for the devolution of the director's authority in
14the case of temporary absence, illness, disability to act or a vacancy in position and
15shall establish the general qualifications for the position. The county board of
16supervisors also has the authority to investigate, arbitrate and resolve any conflict
17in the administration of the center as between judicial and nonjudicial operational
18policy and rules. The county board of supervisors does not have authority and may
19not assert jurisdiction over the disposition of any case or juvenile after a written
20order is made under s. 938.21 or if a petition is filed under s. 938.25. All personnel
21of the intake and probation sections and of the secure detention facilities shall be
22appointed under civil service by the director except that existing court service
23personnel having permanent civil service status may be reassigned to any of the
24respective sections within the center specified in this paragraph.
AB130-engrossed,186,6
1(am) 1. All intake workers beginning employment after May 15, 1980, shall
2have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county
3department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training
4approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months
5of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this
6subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.
AB130-engrossed,186,87 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that
8permit intake workers to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.
AB130-engrossed,186,129 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the county board of supervisors may institute
10changes in the administration of services to the children's court center in order to
11qualify for the maximum amount of federal and state aid as provided in sub. (4) and
12s. 49.52.
AB130-engrossed,186,23 13(2) Counties with a population under 500,000. (a) In counties having less than
14500,000 population, the county board of supervisors shall authorize the county
15department or court or both to provide intake services required by s. 938.067 and the
16staff needed to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter under s.
17938.069. Intake services shall be provided by employes of the court or county
18department and may not be subcontracted to other individuals or agencies, except
19as provided in par. (am). Intake workers shall be governed in their intake work,
20including their responsibilities for recommending the filing of a petition and entering
21into a deferred prosecution agreement, by general written policies which shall be
22formulated by the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief
23judge of the judicial administrative district.
AB130-engrossed,187,3
1(am) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county which had intake services
2subcontracted from the county sheriff's department on April 1, 1980, may continue
3to subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department.
AB130-engrossed,187,124 2. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county in which the county sheriff's
5department operates a secure detention facility may subcontract intake services
6from the county sheriff's department as provided in this subdivision. If a county
7subcontracts intake services from the county sheriff's department, employes of the
8county sheriff's department who staff the secure detention facility may make secure
9custody determinations under s. 938.208 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and
10any determination under s. 938.208 made by an employe of the county sheriff's
11department shall be reviewed by an intake worker employed by the court or county
12department within 24 hours after that determination is made.
AB130-engrossed,187,2113 (b) 1. All intake workers beginning employment after May 15, 1980, excluding
14county sheriff's department employes who provide intake services under par. (am)
152., shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a
16county department. All intake workers beginning employment after May 15, 1980,
17including county sheriff's department employes who provide intake services under
18par. (am) 2., shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved
19or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of
20employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this
21subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.
AB130-engrossed,187,2322 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that
23permit intake workers to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.
AB130-engrossed,188,2 24(3) Intake services. The court or county department responsible for providing
25intake services under s. 938.067 shall specify one or more persons to provide intake

1services. If there is more than one such worker, one of the workers shall be
2designated as chief worker and shall supervise other workers.
AB130-engrossed,188,10 3(4) State aid. State aid to any county for juvenile delinquency-related court
4services under this section shall be at the same net effective rate that each county
5is reimbursed for county administration under s. 49.52, except as provided in s.
646.26. Counties having a population of less than 500,000 may use funds received
7under ss. 46.26 and 49.52 (1) (d), including county or federal revenue sharing funds
8allocated to match funds received under s. 49.52 (1) (d), for the cost of providing court
9attached intake services in amounts not to exceed 50% of the cost of providing court
10attached intake services or $30,000 per county per calendar year, whichever is less.
AB130-engrossed,188,17 11(5) Short-term detention as a disposition. The county board of supervisors
12of any county may, by resolution, authorize the court to use placement in a secure
13detention facility or juvenile portion of the county jail as a disposition under s. 938.34
14(3) (f) or to use commitment to a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 for
15special treatment or care in an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), as a
16disposition under s. 938.34 (6) (am). The use by the court of those dispositions is
17subject to any resolution adopted under this subsection.
AB130-engrossed,189,2 18938.065 Juvenile court commissioners. (1) The board of supervisors of any
19county may authorize the chief judge of the judicial administrative district to appoint
20one or more part-time or full-time juvenile court commissioners who shall serve at
21the discretion of the chief judge. A juvenile court commissioner shall be licensed to
22practice law in this state and shall have been so licensed for at least 2 years
23immediately prior to appointment and shall have a demonstrated interest in the
24welfare of juveniles. The chief judge may assign law clerks, bailiffs and deputies to
25the court commissioner. The chief judge shall supervise juvenile court

1commissioners, law clerks, bailiffs and deputies, except that the chief judge may
2delegate any of those duties.
AB130-engrossed,189,4 3(2) Under this chapter a juvenile court commissioner appointed under s.
448.065, if authorized to do so by a judge, may do any of the following:
AB130-engrossed,189,55 (a) Issue summonses.
AB130-engrossed,189,76 (b) Conduct hearings under s. 938.21 and thereafter order a juvenile held in or
7released from custody.
AB130-engrossed,189,88 (d) Conduct plea hearings.
AB130-engrossed,189,99 (dm) Issue orders requiring compliance with deferred prosecution agreements.
AB130-engrossed,189,1010 (e) Enter into consent decrees.
AB130-engrossed,189,1111 (f) Conduct prehearing conferences.
AB130-engrossed,189,1212 (g) Conduct all proceedings on petitions or citations under s. 938.125.
AB130-engrossed,189,1313 (gm) Conduct uncontested proceedings under s. 938.12, 938.13 or 938.18.
AB130-engrossed,189,1514 (h) Perform such other duties, not in conflict with this chapter, as the judge may
15direct.
AB130-engrossed,189,16 16(3) The juvenile court commissioner may not do any of the following:
AB130-engrossed,189,1717 (a) Conduct waiver hearings under s. 938.18 except as provided in sub. (2) (g).
AB130-engrossed,189,1918 (b) Conduct fact-finding or dispositional hearings except petitions or citations
19under s. 938.125 and except as provided in sub. (2) (gm).
AB130-engrossed,189,2220 (c) Make dispositions other than ordering compliance with deferred
21prosecution agreements and approving consent decrees and other than dispositions
22in uncontested proceedings under s. 938.12 or 938.13.
AB130-engrossed,189,2523 (e) Make changes in placements of juveniles, or revisions or extensions of
24dispositional orders, except pursuant to petitions or citations under s. 938.125 and
25except in uncontested proceedings under s. 938.12 or 938.13.
AB130-engrossed,190,1
1(f) Make any dispositional order under s. 938.34 (4h) or (4m).
AB130-engrossed,190,5 2(4) When acting officially, the juvenile court commissioner shall sit at the
3courthouse or the usual court facility for juvenile delinquency matters. Any decision
4of the juvenile court commissioner shall be reviewed by the judge upon the request
5of any interested party.
AB130-engrossed,190,8 6938.067 Powers and duties of intake workers. To carry out the objectives
7and provisions of this chapter but subject to its limitations, intake workers shall do
8all of the following:
AB130-engrossed,190,10 9(1) Provide intake services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the purpose of
10screening juveniles taken into custody and not released under s. 938.20 (2).
AB130-engrossed,190,22 11(2) Interview, unless impossible, any juvenile who is taken into physical
12custody and not released, and where appropriate interview other available
13concerned parties. If the juvenile cannot be interviewed, the intake worker shall
14consult with the juvenile's parent or a responsible adult. No juvenile may be placed
15in a secure detention facility unless the juvenile has been interviewed in person by
16an intake worker, except that if the intake worker is in a place which is distant from
17the place where the juvenile is or the hour is unreasonable, as defined by written
18court intake rules, and if the juvenile meets the criteria under s. 938.208, the intake
19worker, after consulting by telephone with the law enforcement officer who took the
20juvenile into custody, may authorize the secure holding of the juvenile while the
21intake worker is en route to the in-person interview or until 8 a.m. of the morning
22after the night on which the juvenile was taken into custody.
AB130-engrossed,190,24 23(3) Determine whether the juvenile shall be held under s. 938.205 and such
24policies as the judge shall promulgate under s. 938.06 (1) or (2).
AB130-engrossed,190,25 25(4) If the juvenile is not released, determine where the juvenile shall be held.
AB130-engrossed,191,2
1(5) Provide crisis counseling during the intake process when such counseling
2appears to be necessary.
AB130-engrossed,191,5 3(6) Receive referral information, conduct intake inquiries, make
4recommendations as to whether a petition should be filed, and enter into deferred
5prosecution agreements under policies promulgated under s. 938.06 (1) or (2).
AB130-engrossed,191,7 6(6m) Conduct the multidisciplinary screen in counties that have a pilot
7program under s. 938.547.
AB130-engrossed,191,9 8(7) Make referrals of cases to other agencies if their assistance appears to be
9needed or desirable.
AB130-engrossed,191,11 10(8) Make interim recommendations to the court concerning juveniles awaiting
11final disposition under s. 938.355.
AB130-engrossed,191,14 12(9) Perform any other functions ordered by the court, and assist the court or
13chief judge of the judicial administrative district in developing written policies or
14carrying out its other duties when the court or chief judge so requests.
AB130-engrossed,191,18 15938.069 Powers and duties of disposition staff. (1) The staff of the
16department, the court, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency
17designated by the court to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter
18shall:
AB130-engrossed,191,2019 (a) Supervise and assist a juvenile under a deferred prosecution agreement, a
20consent decree or an order of the court.
AB130-engrossed,191,2121 (b) Offer individual and family counseling.
AB130-engrossed,191,2422 (c) Make an affirmative effort to obtain necessary or desired services for the
23juvenile and the juvenile's family and investigate and develop resources toward that
24end.
AB130-engrossed,192,2
1(d) Prepare reports for the court recommending a plan of rehabilitation,
2treatment and care.
AB130-engrossed,192,43 (dj) Provide aftercare services for a juvenile who has been released from a
4secured correctional facility or a secured child caring institution.
AB130-engrossed,192,65 (e) Perform any other functions consistent with this chapter which are ordered
6by the court.
AB130-engrossed,192,9 7(2) Licensed child welfare agencies and the department shall provide services
8under this section only upon the approval of the agency from whom services are
9requested.
AB130-engrossed,192,12 10(3) A court or county department responsible for disposition staff may agree
11with the court or county department responsible for providing intake services that
12the disposition staff may be designated to provide some or all of the intake services.
AB130-engrossed,192,15 13(4) Disposition staff employed to perform the duties specified in sub. (1) after
14November 18, 1978, shall have the qualifications required under the county merit
15system.
AB130-engrossed,192,19 16938.07 Additional sources of court services. If the county board of
17supervisors has complied with s. 938.06, the court may obtain supplementary
18services for investigating cases and providing supervision of cases from one or more
19of the following sources:
AB130-engrossed,193,2 20(1) Department of health and social services. The court may request the
21services of the department for cases with special needs that cannot adequately be
22provided by the county department. The department may furnish the requested
23services, subject to s. 46.03 (18). The department shall provide, from the
24appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (km), the services only to the extent that the county

1provides funds to the department equal to the net cost the department will incur as
2a result of providing the services requested and only if s. 46.26 does not apply.
AB130-engrossed,193,8 3(2) Licensed child welfare agency. The court may request the services of a
4child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60 in accordance with procedures
5established by that agency. The child welfare agency shall receive no compensation
6for these services but may be reimbursed out of funds made available to the court for
7the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties for the
8court.
AB130-engrossed,193,16 9(3) County department in populous counties. In counties having a population
10of 500,000 or more, the director of the county department may be ordered by the court
11to provide services for furnishing emergency shelter care to any juvenile whose need
12therefor, either by reason of need of protection and services or delinquency, is
13determined by the intake worker under s. 938.205. The court may authorize the
14director to appoint members of the county department to furnish emergency shelter
15care services for the juvenile. The emergency shelter care may be provided as
16specified in s. 938.207.
AB130-engrossed,193,22 17(4) County departments that provide developmental disabilities, mental
18health or alcohol and other drug abuse services.
Within the limits of available
19state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated to match state funds, the
20court may order county departments established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 to provide
21special treatment or care to a juvenile if special treatment or care has been ordered
22under s. 938.34 (6) and if s. 938.362 (4) applies.
AB130-engrossed,194,4 23938.08 Duties of person furnishing services to court. (1) It is the duty
24of each person appointed to furnish services to the court as provided in ss. 938.06 and
25938.07 to make such investigations and exercise such discretionary powers as the

1judge may direct, to keep a written record of such investigations and to submit a
2report to the judge. The person shall keep informed concerning the conduct and
3condition of the juvenile under the person's supervision and shall report thereon as
4the judge directs.
AB130-engrossed,194,11 5(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), any person authorized to provide or providing
6intake or dispositional services for the court under ss. 938.067 and 938.069 and any
7department of corrections staff member designated by the department of corrections
8has the power of police officers and deputy sheriffs only for the purpose of taking a
9juvenile into physical custody when the juvenile comes voluntarily or is suffering
10from illness or injury or is in immediate danger from his or her surroundings and
11removal from the surroundings is necessary.
AB130-engrossed,194,18 12(3) (a) In addition to the law enforcement authority specified in sub. (2),
13department of health and social services personnel designated by that department,
14personnel of a secured child caring institution designated by agreement between
15that secured child caring institution and the department of health and social
16services, and department of corrections personnel designated by the department of
17corrections have the power of law enforcement authorities to take a juvenile into
18physical custody under the following conditions:
AB130-engrossed,194,2019 1. If they are in prompt pursuit of a juvenile who has run away from a secured
20correctional facility or secured child caring institution.
AB130-engrossed,194,2221 2. If the juvenile has failed to return to a secured correctional facility or secured
22child caring institution after any authorized absence.
AB130-engrossed,195,223 (b) A juvenile taken into custody under par. (a) may be returned directly to the
24secured correctional facility or secured child caring institution and shall have a

1hearing regarding placement in a disciplinary cottage or in disciplinary status in
2accordance with ch. 227.
AB130-engrossed,195,4 3938.09 Representation of the interests of the public. The interests of the
4public shall be represented in proceedings under this chapter as follows:
AB130-engrossed,195,5 5(1) By the district attorney, in any matter arising under s. 938.12.
AB130-engrossed,195,11 6(2) By the district attorney or, if designated by the county board of supervisors,
7by the corporation counsel, in any matter concerning a civil law violation arising
8under s. 938.125. If the county board transfers this authority to or from the district
9attorney on or after May 11, 1990, the board may do so only if the action is effective
10on September 1 of an odd-numbered year and the board notifies the department of
11administration of that change by January 1 of that odd-numbered year.
AB130-engrossed,195,13 12(3) By the city, village or town attorney, in any matter concerning a city, village
13or town ordinance violation, respectively, arising under s. 938.125.
AB130-engrossed,195,15 14(4) By any appropriate person designated by the county board of supervisors
15in any matter concerning a noncity ordinance violation arising under s. 938.125.
AB130-engrossed,195,21 16(5) By the district attorney or, if designated by the county board of supervisors,
17by the corporation counsel, in any matter arising under s. 938.13. If the county board
18transfers this authority to or from the district attorney on or after May 11, 1990, the
19board may do so only if the action is effective on September 1 of an odd-numbered
20year and the board notifies the department of administration of that change by
21January 1 of that odd-numbered year.
AB130-engrossed,195,23 22(6) By any appropriate person designated by the county board of supervisors
23in any matter arising under s. 938.14.
AB130-engrossed,196,3 24938.10 Power of the judge to act as intake worker. The duties of the intake
25worker may be carried out from time to time by the judge at his or her discretion, but

1if a recommendation to file a petition is made, a citation is issued or a deferred
2prosecution agreement is entered into, the judge shall be disqualified from
3participating further in the proceedings.
AB130-engrossed,196,54 SUBCHAPTER III
5 JURISDICTION
AB130-engrossed,196,8 6938.12 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be delinquent. (1) The
7court has exclusive jurisdiction, except as provided in ss. 938.17, 938.18 and 938.183,
8over any juvenile 10 years of age or over who is alleged to be delinquent.
AB130-engrossed,196,12 9(2) If a court proceeding has been commenced under this section before a
10juvenile is 17 years of age, but the juvenile becomes 17 years of age before admitting
11the facts of the petition at the plea hearing or if the juvenile denies the facts, before
12an adjudication, the court retains jurisdiction over the case.
AB130-engrossed,196,16 13938.125 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to have violated civil laws
14or ordinances.
The court has exclusive jurisdiction over any juvenile alleged to
15have violated a law punishable by forfeiture or a county, town or other municipal
16ordinance, except as follows:
AB130-engrossed,196,17 17(1) As provided under s. 938.17.
AB130-engrossed,196,22 18(2) That the court has exclusive jurisdiction over any juvenile alleged to have
19violated an ordinance enacted under s. 118.163 (2) only after evidence is provided by
20the school attendance officer that the activities under s. 118.16 (5) have been
21completed or were not completed due to the child's absence from school as provided
22in s. 118.16 (5m).
AB130-engrossed,196,25 23938.13 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be in need of protection
24or services.
The court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a juvenile alleged to
25be in need of protection or services which can be ordered by the court, and:
AB130-engrossed,197,2
1(4) Whose parent or guardian signs the petition requesting jurisdiction and
2states that he or she is unable to control the juvenile.
AB130-engrossed,197,6 3(6) Who is habitually truant from school, after evidence is provided by the
4school attendance officer that the activities under s. 118.16 (5) have been completed
5or were not completed due to the child's absence from school as provided in s. 118.16
6(5m), except as provided under s. 938.17 (2).
AB130-engrossed,197,7 7(6m) Who is a school dropout, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (b).
AB130-engrossed,197,11 8(7) Who is habitually truant from home and either the juvenile or a parent,
9guardian or a relative in whose home the juvenile resides signs the petition
10requesting jurisdiction and attests in court that reconciliation efforts have been
11attempted and have failed.
AB130-engrossed,197,13 12(12) Who, being under 10 years of age, has committed a delinquent act as
13defined in s. 938.12.
AB130-engrossed,197,16 14(14) Who has been determined, under s. 938.30 (5) (c), to be not responsible for
15a delinquent act by reason of mental disease or defect or who has been determined,
16under s. 938.30 (5) (d), to be not competent to proceed.
AB130-engrossed,197,20 17938.135 Referral of juveniles to proceedings under ch. 51 or 55. (1) If
18a juvenile alleged to be delinquent or in need of protection or services is before the
19court and it appears that the juvenile is developmentally disabled, mentally ill or
20drug dependent or suffers from alcoholism, the court may proceed under ch. 51 or 55.
AB130-engrossed,197,23 21(2) Any voluntary or involuntary admissions, placements or commitments of
22a juvenile made in or to an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10), other than
23a commitment under s. 938.34 (6) (am) shall be governed by ch. 51 or 55.
AB130-engrossed,198,3
1938.14 Jurisdiction over interstate compact proceedings. The court has
2exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings under the interstate compact for juveniles
3under s. 938.991.
AB130-engrossed,198,11 4938.15 Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody. Nothing
5contained in s. 938.12, 938.13 or 938.14 deprives other courts of the right to
6determine the legal custody of juveniles by habeas corpus or to determine the legal
7custody or guardianship of juveniles if the legal custody or guardianship is incidental
8to the determination of causes pending in the other courts. But the jurisdiction of
9the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 is paramount
10in all cases involving juveniles alleged to come within the provisions of s. 938.12 or
11938.13.
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