(d) Review the individual's condition and rights with the individual's guardian.
(e) Ascertain whether the individual wishes to exercise any of his or her rights under sub. (3) (b), (c), or (d).
(f) Within 30 days after appointment, file with the court a written report based on information obtained under this subsection and any other evaluations or records of the individual. The report shall discuss whether the individual appears to continue to meet the standards for an order under s. 55.14. The report shall also state whether any of the following apply:
1. An evaluation under sub. (3) (b) is requested by the guardian ad litem, the individual, or the individual's guardian.
2. The individual or the individual's guardian requests termination of the order under s. 55.14.
3. The individual or the individual's guardian requests or the guardian ad litem recommends that legal counsel be appointed for the individual.
4. The individual or his or her guardian or guardian ad litem requests a full due process hearing under this section for the individual.
(g) Certify to the court that he or she has complied with the requirements of pars. (b), (c), and (d).
(3) Court review of reports; hearing; order. (a) The court that issued the order under s. 55.14 shall review the report of the guardian ad litem under sub. (2) (f) and the report filed under sub. (1) (a) 1.
(b) The court shall order performance, by a person who is not an employee of the county department, of an evaluation of the physical, mental, and social condition of the individual that is relevant to the issue of the continued need for the order under s. 55.14 that is independent of the review performed under sub. (1) (a) if any of the following apply:
1. The report required under sub. (1) (a) 1. is not timely filed, or the court determines that the report fails to meet the requirements of sub. (1) (c).
2. Following review of the guardian ad litem's report under sub. (2) (f), the court determines that an independent evaluation for the individual is necessary.
3. The individual or the individual's guardian or guardian ad litem so requests.
(bm) If an evaluation is ordered under par. (b), it shall be performed at the expense of the individual or, if the individual is indigent, at the expense of the county of residence under sub. (1) (a).
(br) The court may order that the county department obtain any other necessary information with respect to the individual.
(c) The court shall order legal counsel for an individual and, if the individual appears to be indigent, refer him or her to the authority for indigency determinations under s. 977.07 (1) if any of the following apply:
1. Following review of the guardian ad litem's report under sub. (2) (f), the court determines that legal counsel for the individual is necessary.
2. The individual or the individual's guardian or guardian ad litem so requests.
(d) The court shall order either a summary hearing or a full due process hearing. A summary hearing may be held in court or may be held by other means including by telephone or video conference. The court shall hold a full due process hearing if any of the following apply:
1. The individual or the individual's guardian or guardian ad litem so requests.
2. The report under sub. (2) (f) indicates that the individual no longer meets the standards for an order under s. 55.14 (8).
3. The report under sub. (2) (f) indicates that the individual objects to the order.
(e) Following the hearing under par. (d), the court shall do one of the following:
1. If the court finds that the individual continues to meet the standards for an order under s. 55.14 (8), the court shall order the continuation of the order. The court shall include in the decision the information relied upon as a basis for continuation of the order and shall make findings based on the requirements for allegations of a petition under s. 55.14 (3) in support of the need for continuation of the order.
2. If the court finds that the individual continues to meet the standards for an order under s. 55.14 (8) but that modification of the order or the treatment plan would be in the best interests of the individual, the court shall modify the order, order modifications to the individual's treatment plan, or both. Any modifications to the treatment plan are subject to the approval of the guardian. The court shall include in the decision the information relied upon as a basis for continuation of the order and shall make findings based on the requirements for allegations of a petition under s. 55.14 (3) in support of the need for authorizing the guardian to consent to involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.
3. If the court finds that the individual no longer meets the standards for an order under s. 55.14 (8), the court shall terminate the order. If the order is terminated, the court shall review the needs of the individual with respect to other protective services. If the court determines that the individual meets the standards for other protective services under this chapter that are not currently being provided to the individual, the court may order those protective services for the individual.
(f) The court shall provide a copy of the order made under par. (e) to all of the following:
1. The individual.
2. The individual's guardian, guardian ad litem, and legal counsel, if any.
3. The facility in which the individual resided, if any, when the petition for annual review was filed.
4. The county department under sub. (1) (a) and, if relevant, sub. (1m).
387,123 Section 123. 55.195 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
55.195 (7) Provide a summary written report to the court.
387,124 Section 124. 55.195 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
55.195 (9) Attend the hearing.
387,125 Section 125. 58.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
58.05 (2) Any person who is mentally ill or retarded developmentally disabled may, upon the written request of his or her guardian, be committed to any such hospital or institution in the manner persons who are adjudged mentally adjudicated incompetent are committed to the state hospitals; but the county in which such the person resides shall be liable for his or her support, maintenance, and treatment only when he or she has been committed upon the request of the county board, and such the hospital or institution shall not be is not required to keep, care for, or treat any person who is mentally ill or retarded developmentally disabled longer than his or her guardian or, friends, or the county from which he or she shall have been committed shall defray the expenses of his or her care and treatment. Any person may voluntarily place himself or herself in such hospital, asylum, or institution for care and treatment.
387,126 Section 126. 66.0915 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0915 (1) Private viaducts in cities, villages and towns. The privilege of erecting a viaduct above a public street, road, or alley, for the purpose of connecting buildings on each side, may be granted by the city council, village board, or town board upon the written petition of the owners of all the frontage of the lots and lands abutting the portion sought to be connected, and the owners of more than one-half of the frontage of the lots and lands abutting upon that portion of the remainder that lies within 2,650 feet from the ends of the portion proposed to be connected. If a lot or land is owned by the state, or by a county, city, village, or town, or by a minor or individual adjudicated incompetent person, or the title to the lot or land is held in trust, the petition may be signed by the governor, the chairperson of the county board, the mayor of the city, the president of the board of trustees of the village, the chairperson of the town board, the guardian of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent person, or the trustee, respectively, and the signature of a private corporation may be made by its president, secretary, or other principal officer or managing agent. Written notice stating when and where the petition will be acted upon, and describing the location of the proposed viaduct, shall be given by the city council, village board, or town board by publication of a class 3 notice, under ch. 985.
387,127 Section 127. 66.0915 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0915 (2) Removal of private viaducts. A viaduct in a city, village, or town may be discontinued by the city council, village board, or town board, upon written petition of the owners of more than one-half of the frontage of the lots and lands abutting on the street or road approaching on each end of the viaduct, which lies within 2,650 feet from the ends of the viaduct. If a lot or land is owned by the state, or by a county, city, village, or town, or by a minor or individual adjudicated incompetent person, or the title to the lot or land is held in trust, the petition may be signed by the governor, the chairperson of the county board, the mayor of the city, the president of the board of trustees of the village, the chairperson of the town board, the guardian of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent person, or the trustee, respectively, and the signature of a private corporation may be made by its president, secretary, or other principal officer or managing agent. Written notice stating when and where the petition will be acted upon, and stating what viaduct is proposed to be discontinued, shall be given by the city council, village board, or town board by publication of a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, not less than one year before the day fixed for the hearing and a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, within the 30 days before the date of the hearing.
387,128 Section 128. 71.07 (3m) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3m) (a) 1. e. For purposes of filing a claim under this subsection, when a guardian has been appointed under ch. 880 in this state for a ward who owns the farmland, the claimant shall be the guardian on behalf of the ward.
387,129 Section 129. 71.28 (2m) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.28 (2m) (a) 1. e. For purposes of filing a claim under this subsection, when a guardian has been appointed under ch. 880 in this state for a ward who owns the farmland, the claimant shall be the guardian on behalf of the ward.
387,130 Section 130. 71.47 (2m) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.47 (2m) (a) 1. e. For purposes of filing a claim under this subsection, when a guardian has been appointed under ch. 880 in this state for a ward who owns the farmland, the claimant shall be the guardian on behalf of the ward.
387,131 Section 131. 71.58 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.58 (1) (f) For purposes of filing a claim under this subchapter, when a guardian has been appointed under ch. 880 in this state for a ward who owns the farmland, the claimant shall be the guardian on behalf of the ward.
387,132 Section 132. 75.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
75.03 (title) Redeeming lands of minors , incompetents or individuals adjudicated incompetent .
387,133 Section 133. 75.521 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
75.521 (8) Duty of the court to enter judgment in default cases. In the event of the failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer as hereinabove provided, such person and all persons claiming under and through that person, from and after the date of the filing of the list of tax liens in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county, shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such list of the tax liens, and upon filing of an affidavit of such default or failure of redemption by the county treasurer of such county, the court in which such list of tax liens is filed, shall render final judgment ordering and adjudging that the county is vested with an estate in fee simple absolute in such lands, subject, however, to all unpaid taxes and charges which are subsequent to the latest dated valid tax lien appearing on the list specified in sub. (3) (b) and to recorded restrictions as provided by s. 75.14 (4) and all persons, both natural and artificial, including the state of Wisconsin, infants, incompetents individuals adjudicated incompetent, absentees, and nonresidents who may have had any right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemption in such lands, are forever barred and foreclosed of such right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemption. Such judgment shall be deemed to be based on the latest dated valid tax lien appearing on the list of tax liens. No personal judgment shall be entered against any person having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in or lien upon said lands. Such judgment shall have the effect of the issuance of a tax deed or deeds and of judgment to bar former owners and quiet title thereon.
387,134 Section 134. 75.521 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
75.521 (12) (b) This section shall apply to and be valid and effective with respect to all defendants even though one or more be infants, incompetents individuals adjudicated incompetent, absentees or nonresidents of the state of Wisconsin, provided that a guardian ad litem shall be appointed to serve for all persons known or unknown who have or may have an interest in the lands described in any list and who are or may be minors or incompetents individuals adjudicated incompetent at the date of filing such list. Such guardian ad litem may be appointed by the court without notice, and the fee for the services of the guardian ad litem as fixed by the court shall be paid by the county.
387,135 Section 135. 75.521 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
75.521 (13) (b) In the event that the court shall determine that the issue raised by the answer of the defendant is without merit, a final judgment to such effect shall be entered ordering and adjudging that the county is vested with an estate in fee simple absolute in such lands subject, however, to all unpaid taxes and charges which are subsequent to the latest dated tax lien appearing on the list specified in sub. (3) (b) and to recorded restrictions as provided by s. 75.14, and all persons, both natural and artificial, including the state of Wisconsin, infants, incompetents individuals adjudicated incompetent, absentees and nonresidents who may have had any right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemption in such lands, are forever barred and foreclosed of such right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemption. Such judgment shall be deemed to be based on the latest dated tax lien appearing on the list of tax liens. Such judgment shall have the effect of the issuance of a tax deed or deeds and of judgment to bar former owners and quiet title thereon.
387,136 Section 136. 88.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
88.04 (2) If any minor or individual adjudicated incompetent person owns land in a drainage district or proposed drainage district or proposed annex to a drainage district, the general guardian or next of kin of such the minor or incompetent individual may sign petitions under this chapter for and on behalf of the minor or incompetent.
387,137 Section 137. 88.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
88.10 Guardian ad litem; failure to appoint. Failure to appoint a guardian ad litem in a proceeding under this chapter is not jurisdictional, but when the failure is discovered a guardian ad litem shall be appointed and an order served upon the guardian ad litem to show cause why the minor or incompetent individual adjudicated incompetent should not be bound by all prior proceedings pertaining to the drainage district. On such a hearing the court shall enter such order or judgment as the facts warrant.
387,138 Section 138. 92.03 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
92.03 (4) (intro.) "Landowner" means any person over 18 years of age and any partnership, limited liability company, firm, or corporation that holds title to land lying within a county, whether or not this land is subject to easement, mortgage, lien, lease, or restrictive covenant, except that this term does not include any person who is under guardianship, a person who is adjudicated incompetent, or a person who is mentally ill. A person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or corporation is deemed to hold title to land if the person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or corporation has any of the following:
387,139 Section 139. 93.11 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
93.11 (6) (a) 1. That the licensee is adjudicated incompetent.
387,140 Section 140. 114.135 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
114.135 (2) Notice; claim for damages. In case of any airport landing field or landing and take-off strip owned by any city, village, town, or county or any union of them, the commission or other body in charge of the operation and control of the airport, landing field, or landing and take-off strip may prepare and record without charge with the register of deeds plans and specifications showing the protection privileges sought as described in sub. (1). The commission or other body in charge shall send by registered mail with return receipt to each owner at his or her last-known address a notice stating that the plans and specifications have been recorded with the register of deeds' office, stating the county, time of recording, the record number, and a brief description of the parcel of land or interest therein affected. If the address of the owner cannot be ascertained or the registered letter is returned unclaimed, notice shall be sent by registered mail to the person in possession of the premises. If no person is in possession, then the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the land involved and published as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the area affected. The right of the owner to claim for damages for the protection regulations imposed in the plans and specifications, or the removal of obstructions shall be forever barred, unless the owner files a claim for damages with the commission or other body in charge within 6 months from the receipt of the notice from the commission, or other body in charge, or the posting and last publication. The claim shall be verified and shall state the amount of damages claimed. The commission or other body in charge may pay the damages, if it has available funds, and the payment shall operate as a conveyance. If no claims for payment are filed or if payment is made, the commission or other body in charge shall file an affidavit for each parcel involved setting forth the rights acquired which shall be recorded by the register of deeds without charge and when so recorded has the same effect as any recorded instrument. If any owner is a minor or is adjudicated incompetent, the notice may be sent by registered mail to the owner's guardian, if he or she has one, and if there is none the circuit court of the county in which the land, or a larger part, is located shall upon application of the commission or other body in charge appoint a guardian to receive the notice, and to protect the rights of the owner. Any funds payable to the owner shall be cared for in the manner provided in ch. 880 54. If the commission or other body in charge determines that the damages claimed are excessive, it shall so report to the governing body that established the airport, landing field or landing and take-off strip in question and with its consent may acquire in the name of the governmental body the protection privilege desired in the manner set forth in sub. (1) or it may deposit with the county clerk an award and notify the owner of the land involved in the method specified in this subsection. The landowner may accept the award without prejudice to his or her right to claim and contest for a greater sum. The landowner may, within a period of 6 months after notice of the award, proceed as provided in ch. 32 to have the damages appraised.
387,141 Section 141. 115.76 (12) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.76 (12) (b) 2. The state, a county, or a child welfare agency, if a child was made a ward of the state, county, or child welfare agency under ch. 54 or ch. 880, 2003 stats., or if a child has been placed in the legal custody or guardianship of the state, county, or child welfare agency under ch. 48 or ch. 767.
387,142 Section 142. 115.797 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.797 (1) (c) "Party" means a competent adult pupil or the parent of a child or incompetent adult pupil adjudicated incompetent who is the subject of a dispute, and the local educational agency.
387,143 Section 143. 115.807 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.807 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority. (intro.) When a child with a disability, other than a child with a disability who has been determined to be adjudicated incompetent under ch. 880 in this state, reaches the age of 18, all of the following apply:
387,144 Section 144. 146.34 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
146.34 (1) (d) "Guardian" means the person named by the court under ch. 48 or 54 or ch. 880, 2003 stats., having the duty and authority of guardianship.
387,145 Section 145. 146.81 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
146.81 (5) "Person authorized by the patient" means the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor patient, as defined in s. 48.02 (8) and (11), the person vested with supervision of the child under s. 938.183 or 938.34 (4d), (4h), (4m), or (4n), the guardian of a patient adjudged adjudicated incompetent, as defined in s. 880.01 (3) and (4) in this state, the personal representative or spouse of a deceased patient, any person authorized in writing by the patient or a health care agent designated by the patient as a principal under ch. 155 if the patient has been found to be incapacitated under s. 155.05 (2), except as limited by the power of attorney for health care instrument. If no spouse survives a deceased patient, "person authorized by the patient" also means an adult member of the deceased patient's immediate family, as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (d). A court may appoint a temporary guardian for a patient believed incompetent to consent to the release of records under this section as the person authorized by the patient to decide upon the release of records, if no guardian has been appointed for the patient.
387,146 Section 146. 146.82 (2) (a) 9. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
146.82 (2) (a) 9. a. In this subdivision, "abuse" has the meaning given in s. 51.62 (1) (ag); "neglect" has the meaning given in s. 51.62 (1) (br); and "parent" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (13), except that "parent" does not include the parent of a minor whose custody is transferred to a legal custodian, as defined in s. 48.02 (11), or for whom a guardian is appointed under s. 54.10 or s. 880.33, 2003 stats.
387,147 Section 147. 146.82 (2) (a) 9. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
146.82 (2) (a) 9. c. If the patient, regardless of age, has a guardian appointed under s. 54.10 or s. 880.33 , 2003 stats., or if the patient is a minor with developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5) (a), who has a parent or has a guardian appointed under s. 48.831 and does not have a guardian appointed under s. 54.10 or s. 880.33 , 2003 stats., information concerning the patient that is obtainable by staff members of the agency or nonprofit corporation with which the agency has contracted is limited, except as provided in subd. 9. e., to the nature of an alleged rights violation, if any; the name, birth date and county of residence of the patient; information regarding whether the patient was voluntarily admitted, involuntarily committed or protectively placed and the date and place of admission, placement or commitment; and the name, address and telephone number of the guardian of the patient and the date and place of the guardian's appointment or, if the patient is a minor with developmental disability who has a parent or has a guardian appointed under s. 48.831 and does not have a guardian appointed under s. 54.10 or s. 880.33, 2003 stats., the name, address and telephone number of the parent or guardian appointed under s. 48.831 of the patient.
387,148 Section 148. 146.83 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
146.83 (4) (b) Conceal or withhold a patient health care record with intent to prevent or obstruct an investigation or prosecution or with intent to prevent its release to the patient, to his or her guardian appointed under ch. 880, to his or her health care provider with a statement of informed consent, or under the conditions specified in s. 146.82 (2), or to a person with a statement of informed consent.
387,149 Section 149. 154.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
154.07 (2) Effect of declaration. The desires of a qualified patient who is competent supersede the effect of the declaration at all times. If a qualified patient is adjudicated incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes, a declaration executed under this subchapter is presumed to be valid. The declaration of a qualified patient who is diagnosed as pregnant by the attending physician has no effect during the course of the qualified patient's pregnancy. For the purposes of this subchapter, a physician or inpatient health care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that a person who executed a declaration was of sound mind at the time.
387,150 Section 150. 154.13 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
154.13 (2) (c) The court and all parties involved in proceedings in this state for guardianship of adjudication of incompetency and appointment of a guardian for the declarant under ch. 880, for emergency detention under s. 51.15, for involuntary commitment under s. 51.20, or for protective placement or protective services under ch. 55.
387,151 Section 151. 155.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
155.05 (1) An individual who is of sound mind and has attained age 18 may voluntarily execute a power of attorney for health care. An individual for whom an adjudication of incompetence and appointment of a guardian of the person is in effect under ch. 880 in this state is presumed not to be of sound mind for purposes of this subsection executing a power of attorney for health care.
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