AB632,29,724 48.38 (5) (e) Within 30 days, the agency shall prepare a written summary of
25the determinations under par. (c) and shall provide a copy to the court that entered

1the order; the child or the child's counsel or guardian ad litem; the person
2representing the interests of the public; the child's parent, guardian, or and legal
3custodian; the next of kin of a parental homicide victim; the child's court-appointed
4special advocate; the child's foster parent or, the operator of the facility where the
5child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living; and, if the child is an
6Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian,
7the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe.
AB632, s. 53 8Section 53. 48.38 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,29,229 48.38 (5m) (b) Not less than 30 days before the date of the hearing, the court
10shall notify the child; the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the next of
11kin of a parental homicide victim; and
the child's foster parent, the operator of the
12facility in which the child is living, or the relative with whom the child is living; of
13the time, place, and purpose of the hearing, of the issues to be determined at the
14hearing, and of the fact that they shall have a right to be heard at the hearing as
15provided in par. (c) 1. and shall notify
the child's counsel, the child's guardian ad
16litem, and the child's court-appointed special advocate; the agency that prepared the
17permanency plan; the person representing the interests of the public; and, if the child
18is an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian
19custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe of the date, time, and place,
20and purpose
of the hearing, of the issues to be determined at the hearing, and of the
21fact that they may have an opportunity to be heard at the hearing as provided in par.
22(c) 1
.
AB632, s. 54 23Section 54. 48.38 (5m) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,30,1224 48.38 (5m) (c) 1. A child, parent, guardian, legal custodian, next of kin of a
25parental homicide victim,
foster parent, operator of a facility, or relative who is

1provided notice of the hearing under par. (b) shall have a right to be heard at the
2hearing by submitting written comments relevant to the determinations specified in
3sub. (5) (c) not less than 10 working days before the date of the hearing or by
4participating at the hearing. A counsel, guardian ad litem, court-appointed special
5advocate, agency, or person representing the interests of the public who is provided
6notice of the hearing under par. (b) may have an opportunity to be heard at the
7hearing by submitting written comments relevant to the determinations specified in
8sub. (5) (c) not less than 10 working days before the date of the hearing or by
9participating at the hearing. A foster parent, operator of a facility, or relative who
10receives notice of a hearing under par. (b) and a right to be heard under this
11subdivision does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held
12solely on the basis of receiving that notice and right to be heard.
AB632, s. 55 13Section 55. 48.38 (5m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,31,314 48.38 (5m) (d) At least 5 days before the date of the hearing the agency that
15prepared the permanency plan shall provide a copy of the permanency plan and any
16written comments submitted under par. (c) 1. to the court, to the child's parent,
17guardian, and legal custodian, to the next of kin of a parental homicide victim, to the
18person representing the interests of the public, to the child's counsel or guardian ad
19litem, to the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian
20child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, to the
21Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), the
22person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel or guardian ad
23litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child
24who is placed outside of the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian
25child's Indian custodian and tribe may have access to any other records concerning

1the child for the purpose of participating in the review. A person permitted access
2to a child's records under this paragraph may not disclose any information from the
3records to any other person.
AB632, s. 56 4Section 56. 48.38 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,31,225 48.38 (5m) (e) After the hearing, the court shall make written findings of fact
6and conclusions of law relating to the determinations under sub. (5) (c) and shall
7provide a copy of those findings of fact and conclusions of law to the child; the child's
8parent, guardian, and legal custodian; the next of kin of a parental homicide victim;
9the child's foster parent, the operator of the facility in which the child is living, or the
10relative with whom the child is living; the child's court-appointed special advocate;
11the agency that prepared the permanency plan; the person representing the
12interests of the public; and, if the child is an Indian child who is placed outside the
13home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and
14tribe. The court shall make the findings specified in sub. (5) (c) 7. on a case-by-case
15basis based on circumstances specific to the child and shall document or reference
16the specific information on which those findings are based in the findings of fact and
17conclusions of law prepared under this paragraph. Findings of fact and conclusions
18of law that merely reference sub. (5) (c) 7. without documenting or referencing that
19specific information in the findings of fact and conclusions of law or amended
20findings of fact and conclusions of law that retroactively correct earlier findings of
21fact and conclusions of law that do not comply with this paragraph are not sufficient
22to comply with this paragraph.
AB632, s. 57 23Section 57. 48.396 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,32,1024 48.396 (1b) If requested by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child
25who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if requested by the next of kin

1of a parental homicide victim,
or if requested by the child, if 14 years of age or over,
2a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, provide to the parent,
3guardian, legal custodian or child
requester a copy of that report. If requested by the
4parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn child
5who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if requested by an expectant
6mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if
714 years of age or over, or if requested by an unborn child through the unborn child's
8guardian ad litem, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy,
9provide to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, expectant mother or unborn child
10by the unborn child's guardian ad litem a copy of that report.
AB632, s. 58 11Section 58. 48.396 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,33,212 48.396 (1d) Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal
13custodian of a child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, upon the
14written permission of the next of kin of a parental homicide victim,
or upon the
15written permission of the child, if 14 years of age or over, a law enforcement agency
16may, subject to official agency policy, make available to the person named in the
17permission any reports specifically identified by the parent, guardian, legal
18custodian, relative, or child in the written permission. Upon the written permission
19of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn
20child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, or of an expectant
21mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if
2214 years of age or over, and of the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad
23litem, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, make available
24to the person named in the permission any reports specifically identified by the

1parent, guardian, legal custodian or expectant mother, and unborn child by the
2unborn child's guardian ad litem in the written permission.
AB632, s. 59 3Section 59. 48.396 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,33,114 48.396 (2) (ag) Upon request of the parent, guardian , or legal custodian of a
5child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in par. (a), upon request of the
6next of kin of a parental homicide victim,
or upon request of the child, if 14 years of
7age or over, the court shall open for inspection by the parent, guardian, legal
8custodian or child
requester the records of the court relating to that child, unless the
9court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records by the
10parent, guardian, legal custodian or child requester would result in imminent
11danger to anyone.
AB632, s. 60 12Section 60. 48.396 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,33,2013 48.396 (2) (am) Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal
14custodian of a child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in par. (a), upon
15the written permission of the next of kin of a parental homicide victim,
or upon the
16written permission of the child, if 14 years of age or over, the court shall open for
17inspection by the person named in the permission any records specifically identified
18by the parent, guardian, legal custodian, relative, or child in the written permission,
19unless the court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records
20by the person named in the permission would result in imminent danger to anyone.
AB632, s. 61 21Section 61. 48.42 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,33,2422 48.42 (1) (b) The names and addresses of the child's parent or parents, guardian
23and legal custodian and the name and address of the next of kin of a parental
24homicide victim
.
AB632, s. 62 25Section 62. 48.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,34,2
148.42 (2) (c) The guardian, guardian ad litem, legal custodian, and Indian
2custodian of the child and the next of kin of a parental homicide victim.
AB632, s. 63 3Section 63. 48.427 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,34,64 48.427 (6) (b) 2. The names and current addresses of the child's birth parents,
5guardian, and legal custodian and the name and address of the next of kin of a
6parental homicide victim
.
AB632, s. 64 7Section 64. 48.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,34,158 48.46 (1) Except as provided in subs. (1m), (2), and (3), the child whose status
9is adjudicated by the court, the parent, guardian or legal custodian of that child, the
10next of kin of a parental homicide victim,
the unborn child whose status is
11adjudicated by the court, or the expectant mother of that unborn child may at any
12time within one year after the entering of the court's order petition the court for a
13rehearing on the ground that new evidence has been discovered affecting the
14advisability of the court's original adjudication. Upon a showing that such evidence
15does exist, the court shall order a new hearing.
AB632, s. 65 16Section 65. 48.46 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,35,517 48.46 (1m) Except as provided in sub. (2), the parent, guardian or legal
18custodian of the child, the next of kin of a parental homicide victim, or the child whose
19status is adjudicated by the court in an order entered under s. 48.43 or an order
20adjudicating paternity under subch. VIII may, within the time permitted under this
21subsection, petition the court for a rehearing on the ground that new evidence has
22been discovered affecting the advisability of the court's adjudication. Upon a
23showing that such evidence does exist, the court shall order a new hearing. A petition
24under this subsection shall be filed within one year after the date on which the order
25under s. 48.43 or order adjudicating paternity under subch. VIII is entered, unless

1within that one-year period a court in this state or in another jurisdiction enters an
2order granting adoption of the child, in which case a petition under this subsection
3shall be filed before the date on which the order granting adoption is entered or
4within 30 days after the date on which the order under s. 48.43 or order adjudicating
5paternity under subch. VIII is entered, whichever is later.
AB632, s. 66 6Section 66. 48.63 (5) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,35,167 48.63 (5) (d) 4. Not less than 10 days before the review, the agency that placed
8the child or that arranged the placement of the child shall provide a copy of the
9revised permanency plan or plans and the request for review submitted under subd.
103. and notice of the time and place of the review to the child, the parent, guardian,
11Indian custodian, and legal custodian of the child, the next of kin of a parental
12homicide victim,
and the operator of the group home in which the child is placed,
13together with notice of the issues to be determined as part of the permanency plan
14review and notice of the fact that those persons shall have a right to be heard at the
15review by submitting written comments to that agency or the independent reviewing
16agency before the review or by participating at the review.
AB632, s. 67 17Section 67. 48.63 (5) (d) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,35,2418 48.63 (5) (d) 6. Within 30 days after the review, the agency that prepared the
19revised permanency plan or plans shall prepare a written summary of the
20determinations specified in s. 48.38 (5) (c) that were made under subd. 5. and shall
21provide a copy of that summary to the independent reviewing agency, the child, the
22parent, guardian, Indian custodian, and legal custodian of the child, the next of kin
23of a parental homicide victim,
and the operator of the group home in which the child
24was placed.
AB632, s. 68 25Section 68. 48.78 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,8
148.78 (2) (ag) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an agency from making available
2for inspection or disclosing the contents of a record, upon the request of the parent,
3guardian, or legal custodian of the child who is the subject of the record, upon the
4request of the next of kin of a parental homicide victim,
or upon the request of the
5child, if 14 years of age or over, to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or child
6requester, unless the agency determines that inspection of the record by the child,
7parent, guardian, or legal custodian
requester would result in imminent danger to
8anyone.
AB632, s. 69 9Section 69. 48.78 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,1810 48.78 (2) (am) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an agency from making
11available for inspection or disclosing the contents of a record, upon the written
12permission of the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child who is the subject
13of the record, upon the written permission of the next of kin of a parental homicide
14victim,
or upon the written permission of the child, if 14 years of age or over, to the
15person named in the permission if the parent, guardian, legal custodian, relative, or
16child specifically identifies the record in the written permission, unless the agency
17determines that inspection of the record by the person named in the permission
18would result in imminent danger to anyone.
AB632, s. 70 19Section 70. 48.977 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,2120 48.977 (4) (a) 3. The child's parent and the next of kin of a parental homicide
21victim
.
AB632, s. 71 22Section 71. 48.977 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,36,2523 48.977 (4) (b) 2. The names and addresses of the child's parent or parents,
24guardian, and legal custodian and the name and address of the next of kin of a
25parental homicide victim
.
AB632, s. 72
1Section 72. 48.977 (4) (c) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,37,32 48.977 (4) (c) 1. e. The child's parent and the next of kin of a parental homicide
3victim
.
AB632, s. 73 4Section 73. 48.981 (7) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,37,85 48.981 (7) (a) 3m. A child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the next of kin
6of a parental homicide victim,
or the expectant mother of an unborn child, except that
7the person or agency maintaining the record or report may not disclose any
8information that would identify the reporter.
AB632, s. 74 9Section 74. 48.981 (7) (cr) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB632,37,2210 48.981 (7) (cr) 8. If the department fails to disclose to the governor, to the
11appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), or to the
12public any information that the department is required to disclose under this
13paragraph, any person may request the department to disclose that information. If
14the person's request is denied, the person may petition the court to order the
15disclosure of that information. On receiving a petition under this subdivision, the
16court shall notify the department, the agency, the district attorney, the child, and the
17child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and the next of kin of a parental homicide
18victim
of the petition. If any person notified objects to the disclosure, the court may
19hold a hearing to take evidence and hear argument relating to the disclosure of the
20information. The court shall make an in camera inspection of the information sought
21to be disclosed and shall order disclosure of the information, unless the court finds
22that any of the circumstances specified in subd. 6. or 7. apply.
AB632, s. 75 23Section 75. Initial applicability.
AB632,38,224 (1) Temporary physical custody of child. The treatment of sections 48.19 (2),
2548.20 (3), (7) (d), and (8) (a), and 48.21 (3) (am), (b), (d), and (e) of the statutes first

1applies to a child who is taken into temporary physical custody on the effective date
2of this subsection.
AB632,38,63 (2) Intake inquiry and informal disposition. The treatment of sections 48.24
4(1m) and (2) (a), 48.243 (1) (intro.) and (3), and 48.245 (1) (c), (2r), (3), (4), (5), and (8)
5of the statutes first applies to a child who is referred to the court assigned to exercise
6jurisdiction under chapter 48 of the statutes on the effective date of this subsection.
AB632,38,137 (3) Child in need of protection or services proceedings. The treatment of
8sections 48.255 (1) (b) and (4), 48.27 (3) (a) 1m. and 2. and (e), 48.29 (1), 48.295 (1)
9and (3), 48.299 (1) (a), 48.30 (2), 48.31 (2), 48.32 (1) (a), (2) (c), and (6), and 48.355 (2)
10(b) 1m. and (d) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 48.27 (3)
11(a) 1. of the statutes, and the creation of section 48.27 (3) (a) 1. b. of the statutes first
12apply to a child in need of protection or services proceeding commenced on the
13effective date of this subsection.
AB632,38,1814 (4) Post-dispositional proceedings. The treatment of sections 48.357 (1) (am)
151. and 2. a. and (c) 2., (2m) (a) and (b), 48.363 (1) (a) and (b), and 48.365 (1m) and (2)
16of the statutes first applies to a change in placement of a child or a revision or
17extension of a dispositional order proposed or requested on the effective date of this
18subsection.
AB632,38,1919 (5) Permanency planning.
AB632,38,2120 (a) Permanency plans. The treatment of section 48.38 (4) (ag) of the statutes
21first applies to a permanency plan filed on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB632,38,2422 (b) Permanency plan determination hearings. The treatment of section 48.38
23(4m) (b) of the statutes first applies to a permanency plan determination hearing for
24which notice is provided on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB632,39,3
1(c) Permanency plan reviews. The treatment of sections 48.38 (5) (b), (bm) 1.,
2(d), and (e) and 48.63 (5) (d) 4. and 6. of the statutes first applies to a permanency plan
3review for which notice is provided on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB632,39,64 (d) Permanency plan hearings. The treatment of sections 48.38 (5m) (b), (c) 1.,
5(d), and (e) of the statutes first applies to a permanency plan hearing for which notice
6is provided on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB632,39,107 (6) Other proceedings under the Children's Code. The treatment of sections
848.42 (1) (b) and (2) (c), 48.427 (6) (b) 2., and 48.977 (4) (a) 3., (b) 2., and (c) 1. e.. of
9the statutes first apply to a termination of parental rights or guardianship
10proceeding commenced on the effective date of this subsection.
AB632,39,1211 (7) Rehearings. The treatment of section 48.46 (1) and (1m) of the statutes first
12applies to a petition for rehearing filed on the effective date of this subsection.
AB632, s. 76 13Section 76. Effective date.
AB632,39,1614 (1) Participation of next of kin of parental homicide victim in Children's
15Code proceedings.
This act takes effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning
16after publication.
AB632,39,1717 (End)
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