AB599,6,62 48.028 (4) (g) 1. d. Arrangements were made to provide natural and
3unsupervised family interaction in the most natural setting that can ensure the
4Indian child's safety, as appropriate to the goals of the Indian child's permanency
5case plan, including arrangements for transportation and other assistance to enable
6family members to participate in that interaction.
AB599, s. 2
1Section 2. 48.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,7,122 48.07 (5) (c) Training. A court-appointed special advocate program shall
3require a volunteer or employee of the program selected under par. (b) to complete
4a training program before the volunteer or employee may be designated as a
5court-appointed special advocate under s. 48.236 (1). The training program shall
6include instruction on recognizing child abuse and neglect, cultural competency, as
7defined in s. 48.982 (1) (bm), child development, the procedures of the court,
8permanency case planning, the activities of a court-appointed special advocate
9under s. 48.236 (3) and information gathering and documentation, and shall include
10observation of a proceeding under s. 48.13. A court-appointed special advocate
11program shall also require each volunteer and employee of the program selected
12under par. (b) to complete continuing training annually.
AB599, s. 3 13Section 3. 48.21 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,7,1814 48.21 (5) (d) If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that any of the
15circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent,
16the judge or circuit court commissioner shall hold a hearing under s. 48.38 (4m)
17within 30 days after the date of that finding to determine the permanency case plan
18for the child.
AB599, s. 4 19Section 4. 48.235 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,7,2120 48.235 (4) (a) 1. Participate in permanency case planning under ss. 48.38 and
2148.43 (5).
AB599, s. 5 22Section 5. 48.235 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,7,2423 48.235 (4) (a) 2. Petition for a change in placement under s. 48.357 or a trial
24reunification under s. 48.358
.
AB599, s. 6 25Section 6. 48.235 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,8,2
148.235 (4m) (a) 1. Participate in permanency case planning under ss. 48.38 and
248.43 (5) after the child is born.
AB599, s. 7 3Section 7. 48.235 (4m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,8,54 48.235 (4m) (a) 2. Petition for a change in placement under s. 48.357 or a trial
5reunification under s. 48.358
.
AB599, s. 8 6Section 8. 48.236 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,8,157 48.236 (3) (b) Maintain regular contact with the child for whom the designation
8is made; monitor the appropriateness and safety of the environment of the child, the
9extent to which the child and the child's family are complying with any consent
10decree or dispositional order of the court and with any permanency case plan under
11s. 48.38, and the extent to which any agency that is required to provide services for
12the child and the child's family under a consent decree, dispositional order or
13permanency case plan is providing those services; and, based on that regular contact
14and monitoring, provide information to the court in the form of written reports or, if
15requested by the court, oral testimony.
AB599, s. 9 16Section 9. 48.299 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,9,617 48.299 (4) (b) Except as provided in s. 901.05, neither common law nor
18statutory rules of evidence are binding at a hearing for a child held in custody under
19s. 48.21, a hearing for an adult expectant mother held in custody under s. 48.213, a
20runaway home hearing under s. 48.227 (4), a dispositional hearing, or a hearing
21about changes in placement, trial reunifications, revision of dispositional orders,
22extension of dispositional orders, or termination of guardianship orders entered
23under s. 48.977 (4) (h) 2. or (6) or 48.978 (2) (j) 2. or (3) (g). At those hearings, the court
24shall admit all testimony having reasonable probative value, but shall exclude
25immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly repetitious testimony or evidence that is

1inadmissible under s. 901.05. Hearsay evidence may be admitted if it has
2demonstrable circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness. The court shall give
3effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. The court shall apply the basic
4principles of relevancy, materiality, and probative value to proof of all questions of
5fact. Objections to evidentiary offers and offers of proof of evidence not admitted may
6be made and shall be noted in the record.
AB599, s. 10 7Section 10. 48.315 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,9,138 48.315 (2m) (b) The court making an initial finding under s. 48.38 (5m) that
9the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child has made
10reasonable efforts to achieve the goals of the child's permanency case plan more than
1112 months after the date on which the child was removed from the home or making
12any subsequent findings under s. 48.38 (5m) as to those reasonable efforts more than
1312 months after the date of a previous finding as to those reasonable efforts.
AB599, s. 11 14Section 11. 48.32 (1) (b) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,9,1815 48.32 (1) (b) 1. c. If a permanency case plan has previously been prepared for
16the child, a finding as to whether the county department, department, or agency has
17made reasonable efforts to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan,
18including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement,.
AB599, s. 12 19Section 12. 48.32 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,9,2420 48.32 (1) (c) If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that any of the
21circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent,
22the judge or circuit court commissioner shall hold a hearing under s. 48.38 (4m)
23within 30 days after the date of that finding to determine the permanency case plan
24for the child.
AB599, s. 13 25Section 13. 48.33 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,10,1
148.33 (4) (a) A permanency case plan prepared under s. 48.38.
AB599, s. 14 2Section 14. 48.33 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,10,133 48.33 (4) (c) Specific information showing that continued placement of the child
4in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child, specific information
5showing that the county department, the department, in a county having a
6population of 500,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing
7services to the child has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child
8from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount
9concerns, unless any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5.
10applies, and, if a permanency case plan has previously been prepared for the child,
11specific information showing that the county department, department, or agency has
12made reasonable efforts to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan,
13including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement,.
AB599, s. 15 14Section 15. 48.335 (3g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,10,1815 48.335 (3g) (c) That, if a permanency case plan has previously been prepared
16for the child, the county department, department, or agency has made reasonable
17efforts to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan, including, if
18appropriate, through an out-of-state placement,.
AB599, s. 16 19Section 16. 48.335 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,10,2420 48.335 (4) At hearings under this section, s. 48.357, 48.358, 48.363, or 48.365,
21on the request of any party, unless good cause to the contrary is shown, the court may
22admit testimony on the record by telephone or live audiovisual means, if available,
23under s. 807.13 (2). The request and the showing of good cause may be made by
24telephone.
AB599, s. 17 25Section 17. 48.355 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,11,2
148.355 (2) (b) 5. For a child placed outside his or her home pursuant to an order
2under s. 48.345, a permanency case plan under s. 48.38 if one has been prepared.
AB599, s. 18 3Section 18. 48.355 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,11,214 48.355 (2) (b) 6. If the child is placed outside the home, a finding that continued
5placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child,
6a finding as to whether the county department, the department, in a county having
7a population of 500,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing
8services under a court order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of
9the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the
10paramount concerns, unless the court finds that any of the circumstances specified
11in sub. (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, and, if a permanency case plan has previously been
12prepared for the child, a finding as to whether the county department, department,
13or agency has made reasonable efforts to achieve the goal of the child's permanency
14case plan, including, if appropriate, through an out-of-state placement. The court
15shall make the findings specified in this subdivision on a case-by-case basis based
16on circumstances specific to the child and shall document or reference the specific
17information on which those findings are based in the court order,. A court order that
18merely references this subdivision without documenting or referencing that specific
19information in the court order or an amended court order that retroactively corrects
20an earlier court order that does not comply with this subdivision is not sufficient to
21comply with this subdivision.
AB599, s. 19 22Section 19. 48.355 (2b) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,11,2323 48.355 (2b) (title) Concurrent reasonable efforts permitted planning.
AB599, s. 20 24Section 20. 48.355 (2b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.355 (2b) (b) and
25amended to read:
AB599,12,16
148.355 (2b) (b) A county department, the department, in a county having a
2population of 500,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing
3services to a child under a court order may, at the same time as the county
4department, department, or agency is making the reasonable efforts required under
5sub. (2) (b) 6. to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to make it possible
6for the child to return safely to his or her home, work with the department, a county
7department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), or a child welfare agency licensed under
8s. 48.61 (5) in making reasonable efforts to place the child for adoption, with a
9guardian, with a fit and willing relative, or in some other alternative permanent
10placement, including reasonable efforts to identify an appropriate out-of-state
11placement
shall determine, in accordance with standards established by the
12department, whether to engage in concurrent planning. If, according to those
13standards, concurrent planning is required, the county department, department, or
14agency shall engage in concurrent planning on and the court shall make a finding
15as to whether the county department, department, or agency has made reasonable
16efforts to achieve the primary goal of the concurrent plan
.
AB599, s. 21 17Section 21. 48.355 (2b) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB599,12,2118 48.355 (2b) (a) In this subsection, "concurrent planning" means reasonable
19efforts to work simultaneously towards achieving more than one of the permanency
20goals listed in s. 48.38 (4) (fg) 1. to 5. for a child who is placed in out-of-home care
21and for whom a case plan is required under s. 48.38 (2).
AB599, s. 22 22Section 22. 48.355 (2c) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,13,523 48.355 (2c) (b) When a court makes a finding under sub. (2) (b) 6. as to whether
24the county department, department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or
25more, or agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under a

1court order has made reasonable efforts to achieve the goal of the permanency case
2plan, the court's consideration of reasonable efforts shall include the considerations
3listed under par. (a) 1. to 5. and whether visitation schedules between the child and
4his or her parents were implemented, unless visitation was denied or limited by the
5court.
AB599, s. 23 6Section 23. 48.355 (2d) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,13,167 48.355 (2d) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) 6., the court is not required
8to include in a dispositional order a finding as to whether the county department, the
9department, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or the agency
10primarily responsible for providing services under a court order has made reasonable
11efforts with respect to a parent of a child to prevent the removal of the child from the
12home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns,
13or a finding as to whether the county department, department, or agency has made
14reasonable efforts with respect to a parent of a child to achieve the permanency case
15plan goal of returning the child safely to his or her home, if the court finds any of the
16following:
AB599, s. 24 17Section 24. 48.355 (2d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,13,2118 48.355 (2d) (c) If the court finds that any of the circumstances specified in par.
19(b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the court shall hold a hearing under s.
2048.38 (4m) within 30 days after the date of that finding to determine the permanency
21case plan for the child.
AB599, s. 25 22Section 25. 48.355 (2e) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,13,2323 48.355 (2e) (title) Permanency Case plans; filing; amended orders; copies.
AB599, s. 26 24Section 26. 48.355 (2e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,14,7
148.355 (2e) (a) If a permanency case plan has not been prepared at the time
2the dispositional order is entered, or if the court orders a disposition that is not
3consistent with the permanency case plan, the agency responsible for preparing the
4plan shall prepare a permanency case plan that is consistent with the order or revise
5the permanency case plan to conform to the order and shall file the plan with the
6court within the time specified in s. 48.38 (3). A permanency case plan filed under
7this paragraph shall be made a part of the dispositional order.
AB599, s. 27 8Section 27. 48.355 (2e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,14,149 48.355 (2e) (b) Each time a child's placement is changed under s. 48.357, a trial
10reunification is ordered under s. 48.358,
or a dispositional order is revised under s.
1148.363 or extended under s. 48.365, the agency that prepared the permanency case
12plan shall revise the plan to conform to the order and shall file a copy of the revised
13plan with the court. Each plan filed under this paragraph shall be made a part of
14the court order.
AB599, s. 28 15Section 28. 48.355 (2e) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,14,2016 48.355 (2e) (c) Either the court or the agency that prepared the permanency
17case plan shall furnish a copy of the original plan and each revised plan to the child's
18parent or guardian, to the child or the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, to the
19child's court-appointed special advocate and to the person representing the interests
20of the public.
AB599, s. 29 21Section 29. 48.356 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,15,622 48.356 (1) Whenever the court orders a child to be placed outside his or her
23home, orders an expectant mother of an unborn child to be placed outside of her
24home, or denies a parent visitation because the child or unborn child has been
25adjudged to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.345, 48.347, 48.357,

148.363, or 48.365 and whenever the court reviews a permanency case plan under s.
248.38 (5m), the court shall orally inform the parent or parents who appear in court
3or the expectant mother who appears in court of any grounds for termination of
4parental rights under s. 48.415 which may be applicable and of the conditions
5necessary for the child or expectant mother to be returned to the home or for the
6parent to be granted visitation.
AB599, s. 30 7Section 30. 48.357 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,15,248 48.357 (1) (am) 1. If the proposed change in placement involves any change in
9placement other than a change in placement specified in par. (c), the person or agency
10primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney,
11or the corporation counsel shall cause written notice of the proposed change in
12placement to be sent to the child, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the
13child, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the
14child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child
15who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the
16Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. If the child is the expectant mother of an
17unborn child under s. 48.133, written notice shall also be sent to the unborn child by
18the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the change in placement involves an adult
19expectant mother of an unborn child under s. 48.133, written notice shall be sent to
20the adult expectant mother and the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad
21litem. The notice shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the
22reasons for the change in placement, a statement describing why the new placement
23is preferable to the present placement, and a statement of how the new placement
24satisfies the objectives of the treatment child's case plan ordered by the court.
AB599, s. 31 25Section 31. 48.357 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,16,15
148.357 (1) (c) 1. If the proposed change in placement would change the
2placement of a child placed in the home to a placement outside the home, the person
3or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district
4attorney, or the corporation counsel shall submit a request for the change in
5placement to the court. The request shall contain the name and address of the new
6placement, the reasons for the change in placement, a statement describing why the
7new placement is preferable to the present placement, and a statement of how the
8new placement satisfies the objectives of the treatment child's case plan ordered by
9the court
. The request shall also contain specific information showing that continued
10placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child
11and, unless any of the circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies,
12specific information showing that the agency primarily responsible for
13implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable efforts to prevent the
14removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety
15are the paramount concerns.
AB599, s. 32 16Section 32. 48.357 (2v) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,16,2017 48.357 (2v) (c) If the court finds under par. (a) 3. that any of the circumstances
18specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with respect to a parent, the court shall
19hold a hearing under s. 48.38 (4m) within 30 days after the date of that finding to
20determine the permanency case plan for the child.
AB599, s. 33 21Section 33. 48.358 of the statutes is created to read:
AB599,17,2 2248.358 Trial reunification. (1) Definition. In this section, "trial
23reunification" means a return of a child who is placed in an out-of-home placement
24under s. 48.355 or 48.357 to the home of his or her parent or other home from which

1the child was removed for a specified and limited period for the purpose of
2determining the appropriateness of permanently returning the child to that home.
AB599,17,14 3(2) Trial reunification; procedure. (a) Request or proposal. The person or
4agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may request,
5or the court on its own motion may propose, a trial reunification. The request or
6proposal shall contain the name and address of the home that is the site of the
7requested or proposed trial reunification, a statement describing why the trial
8reunification is in the best interests of the child, and a statement describing how the
9trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the child's case plan. No person may
10request or propose a trial reunification on the grounds that an emergency condition
11necessitates an immediate return of the child to the home of his or her parent or other
12home from which the child was removed. If an emergency condition necessitates
13such an immediate return, the person or agency primarily responsible for
14implementing the dispositional order shall proceed as provided in s. 48.357 (2).
AB599,17,2315 (b) Notice; information required. The person requesting the trial reunification
16shall submit the request to the court. That person or the court shall cause written
17notice of the requested or proposed trial reunification to be sent to the child, the
18parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the child, any foster parent or other physical
19custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special
20advocate, all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the child is an
21Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian
22custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. The notice shall contain the
23information that is required to be included in the request or proposal under par. (a).
AB599,18,624 (c) Hearing; when required. Any person receiving the notice under par. (b),
25other than a court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter

1by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after receipt of the notice. If a
2hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days before the hearing the person requesting
3the trial reunification or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all person
4who are entitled to receive notice under par. (b). A copy of the request or proposal
5for the trial reunification shall be attached to the notice. If all of the parties consent,
6the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
AB599,18,227 (d) Order. If the court finds that the trial reunification is in the best interests
8of the child and that the trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the child's case
9plan, the court shall grant an order authorizing the trial reunification. A trial
10reunification shall terminate 90 days after the date of the order, unless the court
11specifies a shorter period in the order, extends the trial reunification under sub. (3),
12or revokes the trial reunification under sub. (4) (c) or the person or agency primarily
13responsible for implementing the dispositional order makes an emergency change in
14placement as provided in sub. (4) (d). No trial reunification order may extend the
15expiration date of the original dispositional order under s. 48.355 or any extension
16order under s. 48.365. A trial reunification under this section is not a change in
17placement under s. 48.357. At the end of a trial reunification, the person or agency
18primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may return the child
19to an out-of-home placement without further order of the court, notwithstanding s.
2048.357, or may request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) to change the
21placement of the child to a placement in the home of the child's parent or other home
22from which the child was removed.
AB599,19,7 23(3) Extension of trial reunification. (a) Extension request or proposal. The
24person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may
25request, or the court on its own motion may propose, an extension of the trial

1reunification. The request or proposal shall contain a statement describing how the
2trial reunification continues to be in the best interests of the child and continues to
3meet the objectives of the child's case plan. No later than 10 days prior to the
4expiration of the trial reunification, the person who requests or proposes the
5extension shall submit the request or proposal to the court that ordered the trial
6reunification and shall cause notice of the request or proposal to be provided to all
7persons who are entitled to receive notice under sub. (2) (b).
AB599,19,168 (b) Extension hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive
9notice of the extension request or proposal under par. (a), other than a
10court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an
11objection with the court within 5 days after receipt of the notice. If a hearing is
12scheduled, not less than 3 days before the hearing the person requesting the
13extension or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are
14entitled to receive notice of the extension request or proposal under par. (a). A copy
15of the request or proposal for the extension shall be attached to the notice. If all of
16the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
AB599,19,2217 (c) Extension order. If the court finds that the trial reunification continues to
18be in the best interests of the child and continues to meet the objectives of the child's
19case plan, the court shall grant an order extending the trial reunification for a period
20specified by the court not to exceed 60 days. Any number of extensions may be
21granted under this paragraph, but the total period for a trial reunification may not
22exceed 150 days.
AB599,20,10 23(4) Revocation of trial reunification. (a) Revocation request; information
24required.
If the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the
25dispositional order has reasonable cause to suspect that a child who has been

1returned to the home of his or her parent or other home from which the child was
2removed for a trial reunification has been abused or neglected, has reason to believe
3that such a child has been threatened with abuse or neglect and that abuse or neglect
4of the child is likely to occur, or otherwise has reason to believe that the trial
5reunification is longer in the best interests of the child, that person or agency may
6request the court to revoke the trial reunification. That person or agency shall
7submit the request to the court that ordered the trial reunification and shall cause
8notice of the request to be provided to all persons who are entitled to receive notice
9of the trial reunification under a sub. (2) (b). The request shall contain the reasons
10for the proposed revocation.
AB599,20,1811 (b) Revocation hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive
12notice of the revocation request under par. (a), other than a court-appointed special
13advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court
14within 5 days after receipt of the notice. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days
15prior to the hearing the court shall provide notice of the hearing, together with a copy
16of the request for the revocation, to all persons who are entitled to receive notice
17under par. (a). If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the
18hearing.
AB599,20,2519 (c) Revocation order. If the court finds that the child, while returned to the home
20of his or her parent or other home from which the child was removed for a trial
21reunification, has been abused or neglected, or has been threatened with abuse or
22neglect and that abuse or neglect of the child is likely to occur, or finds that the trial
23reunification is no longer in the best interests of the child, the court shall grant an
24order revoking the trial reunification and returning the child to an out-of-home
25placement.
AB599,21,4
1(d) Emergency change in placements. If an emergency condition necessitates
2an immediate removal of the child from the home of his or her parent or other home
3from which the child was removed, the person or agency primarily responsible for
4implementing the dispositional order may proceed as provided in s. 48.357 (2).
AB599,21,15 5(5) Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a hearing is
6held under sub. (2) (c) and the trial reunification would remove a child from a foster
7home or other placement with a physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), the court
8shall give the foster parent or other physical custodian a right to be heard at the
9hearing by permitting the foster parent or other physical custodian to make a written
10or oral statement during the hearing or to submit a written statement prior to the
11hearing relating to the child and the requested trial reunification. A foster parent
12or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing
13under sub. (2) (c) and a right to be heard under this subsection does not become a
14party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving
15that notice and right to be heard.
AB599,21,21 16(6) Prohibited trial reunifications based on homicide of parent. (a)
17Prohibition. Except as provided in par. (c), the court may not order a trial
18reunification in the home of a person who has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the
19first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional
20homicide, of a parent of the child, if the conviction has not been reversed, set aside,
21or vacated.
AB599,22,222 (b) Revocation. Except as provided in par. (c), if a parent in whose home a child
23is placed for a trial reunification is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree
24intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of

1the child's other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or
2vacated, the court shall revoke the trial reunification as provided in sub. (4) (c).
AB599,22,63 (c) Exception. Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply if the court determines by
4clear and convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of
5the child. The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that
6determination.
AB599, s. 34 7Section 34. 48.363 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,22,218 48.363 (1) (a) A child, the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian
9custodian, an expectant mother, an unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad
10litem, any person or agency bound by a dispositional order, or the district attorney
11or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered
12may request a revision in the order that does not involve a change in placement or
13a trial reunification
, including a revision with respect to the amount of child support
14to be paid by a parent. The court may also propose a revision. The request or court
15proposal shall set forth in detail the nature of the proposed revision and what new
16information is available that affects the advisability of the court's disposition. The
17request or court proposal shall be submitted to the court. The court shall hold a
18hearing on the matter prior to any revision of the dispositional order if the request
19or court proposal indicates that new information is available which affects the
20advisability of the court's dispositional order, unless written waivers of objections to
21the revision are signed by all parties entitled to receive notice and the court approves.
AB599, s. 35 22Section 35. 48.365 (2g) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,23,223 48.365 (2g) (b) 2. An evaluation of the child's adjustment to the placement and
24of any progress the child has made, suggestions for amendment of the permanency
25case plan, and specific information showing the efforts that have been made to

1achieve the goal of the permanency case plan, including, if applicable, the efforts of
2the parents to remedy the factors that contributed to the child's placement.
AB599, s. 36 3Section 36. 48.365 (2g) (b) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
479
, is amended to read:
AB599,23,235 48.365 (2g) (b) 3. If the child has been placed outside of his or her home in a
6foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter
7care facility for 15 of the most recent 22 months, not including any period during
8which the child was a runaway from the out-of-home placement or the first 6 months
9of any period during which the child
was returned to his or her home for a trial home
10visit
reunification, a statement of whether or not a recommendation has been made
11to terminate the parental rights of the parents of the child. If a recommendation for
12a termination of parental rights has been made, the statement shall indicate the date
13on which the recommendation was made, any previous progress made to accomplish
14the termination of parental rights, any barriers to the termination of parental rights,
15specific steps to overcome the barriers and when the steps will be completed, reasons
16why adoption would be in the best interest of the child, and whether or not the child
17should be registered with the adoption information exchange. If a recommendation
18for termination of parental rights has not been made, the statement shall include an
19explanation of the reasons why a recommendation for termination of parental rights
20has not been made. If the lack of appropriate adoptive resources is the primary
21reason for not recommending a termination of parental rights, the agency shall
22recommend that the child be registered with the adoption information exchange or
23report the reason why registering the child is contrary to the best interest of the child.
AB599, s. 37 24Section 37. 48.365 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB599,24,11
148.365 (2m) (a) 1. Any party may present evidence relevant to the issue of
2extension. If the child is placed outside of his or her home, the person or agency
3primarily responsible for providing services to the child shall present as evidence
4specific information showing that the person or agency has made reasonable efforts
5to achieve the goal of the child's permanency case plan, including, if appropriate,
6through an out-of-state placement, under. If an Indian child is placed outside the
7home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the person or agency primarily
8responsible for providing services to the Indian child shall also present as evidence
9specific information showing that active efforts under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 2. have been
10made to prevent the breakup of the Indian child's family and that those efforts have
11proved unsuccessful.
AB599, s. 38 12Section 38. 48.365 (2m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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