AB514,45 18Section 45. 48.357 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,34,1919 48.357 (2m) (title) Request by others.
AB514,46 20Section 46. 48.357 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,35,1421 48.357 (2m) (a) Request; information required. Except as provided in par. (bv),
22the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, legal
23custodian, or Indian custodian of the child, the expectant mother, or the unborn
24child's guardian ad litem, or any person or agency primarily bound by the
25dispositional order, other than the person or agency responsible for implementing

1the order,
may request a change in the placement under this paragraph of the child
2or expectant mother as provided in this subsection
. The request shall contain the
3name and address of the new placement requested and shall state what new
4information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement. If the
5proposed change in placement would change the placement of a child placed in the
6child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the request shall also contain
7specific information showing that continued placement of the child in the home
8would be contrary to the welfare of the child and, unless any of the circumstances
9under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, specific information showing that the agency
10primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable
11efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the
12child's health and safety are the paramount concerns. The request shall be
13submitted to the court. The court may also propose a change in placement on its own
14motion.
AB514,47 15Section 47. 48.357 (2m) (am) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,35,1616 48.357 (2m) (am) (title) Indian child; additional information required.
AB514,48 17Section 48. 48.357 (2m) (b) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,35,1818 48.357 (2m) (b) (title) Hearing; when required.
AB514,49 19Section 49. 48.357 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.357 (2m) (b) 1.
20and amended to read:
AB514,36,421 48.357 (2m) (b) 1. The court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change
22in placement requested or proposed under par. (a) if the request or proposal states
23that new information is available that affects the advisability of the current
24placement. Except as provided in par. (bv), a hearing is not required if the requested
25or proposed change in placement does not involve a change in placement of a child

1placed in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, written waivers
2of objection to the proposed change in placement are signed by all persons entitled
3to receive notice under this paragraph subd. 2., other than a court-appointed special
4advocate, and the court approves.
AB514,36,21 52. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than at least 3 days before the hearing the
6court shall notify the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent,
7guardian, and legal custodian of the child, the person or agency primarily
8responsible for implementing the dispositional order, the district attorney or
9corporation counsel,
any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
1048.62 (2) of the child, the child's court-appointed special advocate, all parties who are
11bound by the dispositional order,
and, if the child is an Indian child, the Indian child's
12Indian custodian and tribe. If the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child
13under s. 48.133, the court shall also notify the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If
14the change in placement involves an adult expectant mother of an unborn child
15under s. 48.133, at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the adult
16expectant mother, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, and all parties who are
17bound by
the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the
18dispositional order, at least 3 days prior to the hearing and the district attorney or
19corporation counsel
. A copy of the request or proposal for the change in placement
20shall be attached to the notice. Subject to par. (br), if all of the parties consent, the
21court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
AB514,50 22Section 50. 48.357 (2m) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,37,823 48.357 (2m) (bm) Child placed outside the home. If the court changes the child's
24placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's
25home, the parent, if present at the hearing, shall be requested to provide the names

1and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or other individuals 18
2years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider as
3placements for the child, unless that information has previously been provided under
4this paragraph, sub. (1) (c) 2m., or s. 48.21 (3) (f) or 48.335 (6). If the parent does not
5provide that information at the hearing, the county department, the department in
6a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily
7responsible for implementing the dispositional order shall permit the parent to
8provide the information at a later date.
AB514,51 9Section 51. 48.357 (2m) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,37,2110 48.357 (2m) (br) Indian child; notice. If the child is an Indian child, and if the
11proposed change in placement would change the placement of the Indian child from
12a placement in the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to a placement
13outside that home, notice under par. (b) 2. to the Indian child's parent, Indian
14custodian, and tribe shall be provided in the manner specified in s. 48.028 (4) (a).
15Notwithstanding par. (b) 2., no hearing on the request or proposal may be held until
16at least 10 days after receipt of the notice by the Indian child's parent, Indian
17custodian, and tribe or, if the identity or location of the Indian child's parent, Indian
18custodian, or tribe cannot be determined, until at least 15 days after receipt of the
19notice by the U.S. secretary of the interior. On request of the Indian child's parent,
20Indian custodian, or tribe, the court shall grant a continuance of up to 20 additional
21days to enable the requester to prepare for the hearing.
AB514,52 22Section 52. 48.357 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,38,1023 48.357 (2m) (c) Contents of order. 1. If the court changes the child's placement
24from a placement in the child's home to a placement outside the child's home, the
25change in placement change-in-placement order shall contain the findings under

1sub. (2v) (a) 1., the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m., the applicable statement
2under sub. (2v) (a) 2., the finding under sub. (2v) (a) 2m., and, if in addition the court
3finds that any of the circumstances under s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies with
4respect to a parent, the determination under sub. (2v) (a) 3. If the court changes the
5placement of an Indian child from a placement in the home of his or her parent or
6Indian custodian to a placement outside that home, the change in placement
7change-in-placement order shall, in addition, contain the findings under sub. (2v)
8(a) 4. and comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or,
9if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s.
1048.028 (7) (e), for departing from that order.
AB514,38,2011 2. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement outside the home
12to another placement outside the home, the change in placement
13change-in-placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub. (2v) (a) 1m.
14and, the applicable statement under sub. (2v) (a) 2., and the finding under sub. (2v)
15(a) 2m.
If the court changes the placement of an Indian child from a placement
16outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian to another placement
17outside that home, the change in placement change-in-placement order shall, in
18addition, comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if
19applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c), unless the court finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028
20(7) (e), for departing from that order.
AB514,53 21Section 53. 48.357 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,39,822 48.357 (2r) Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a
23hearing is held under sub. (1) (am) 2. or (2m) (b) 1. and the change in placement would
24remove a child from a foster home or other placement with a physical custodian
25described in s. 48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent or other physical

1custodian a right to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent or other
2physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing or to
3submit a written statement prior to the hearing relating to the child and the
4requested change in placement. A foster parent or other physical custodian
5described in s. 48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing under sub. (1) (am) 1. or (2m)
6(b) 2. and a right to be heard under this subsection does not become a party to the
7proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice
8and right to be heard.
AB514,54 9Section 54. 48.357 (2v) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,39,1010 48.357 (2v) (title) Change-in-placement order.
AB514,55 11Section 55. 48.357 (2v) (a) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,39,1212 48.357 (2v) (a) (title) Contents of order.
AB514,56 13Section 56. 48.357 (2v) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,39,2214 48.357 (2v) (a) 1. If the change in placement change-in-placement order
15changes the child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement
16outside the child's home, a finding that continued placement of the child in his or her
17home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and, unless a circumstance
18specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, a finding that the county department,
19department, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or
the agency
20primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order has made reasonable
21efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the
22child's health and safety are the paramount concerns.
AB514,57 23Section 57. 48.357 (2v) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,40,724 48.357 (2v) (a) 1m. If the change in placement change-in-placement order
25changes the placement of a child who is under the supervision of the county

1department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the
2department to a placement outside the child's home, whether from a placement in
3the home or from another placement outside the home, an order ordering the child
4into, or to be continued in, the placement and care responsibility of the county
5department or department as required under 42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the
6county department or department primary responsibility, or continued primary
7responsibility, for providing services to the child.
AB514,58 8Section 58. 48.357 (2v) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,40,209 48.357 (2v) (a) 2. If the change in placement change-in-placement order would
10change
changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home
11recommended by the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the
12dispositional order, whether from a placement in the home or from another
13placement outside the home, a statement that the court approves the placement
14recommended by that person or agency or, if the change in placement
15change-in-placement order would change changes the placement of the child to a
16placement outside the home that is not a placement recommended by that person or
17agency, whether from a placement in the home or from another placement outside
18the home, a statement that the court has given bona fide consideration to the
19recommendations made by that person or agency and all parties relating to the
20child's placement.
AB514,59 21Section 59. 48.357 (2v) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,41,1022 48.357 (2v) (a) 2m. If the change-in-placement order changes the placement
23of the child to a placement outside the home and if
the child has one or more siblings,
24as defined in s. 48.38 (4) (br) 1., who have been placed outside the home or for whom
25a change in placement to a placement outside the home is requested, a finding as to

1whether the county department, the department in a county having a population of
2500,000 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for implementing the
3dispositional order has made reasonable efforts to place the child in a placement that
4enables the sibling group to remain together, unless the court determines that a joint
5placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those
6siblings, in which case the court shall order the county department, department, or
7agency to make reasonable efforts to provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing
8interaction between the child and the siblings, unless the court determines that such
9visitation or interaction would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or
10any of those siblings.
AB514,60 11Section 60. 48.357 (2v) (b) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,41,1212 48.357 (2v) (b) (title) Documentation of basis of findings.
AB514,61 13Section 61. 48.357 (2v) (c) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,41,1414 48.357 (2v) (c) (title) Reasonable efforts not required; permanency hearing.
AB514,62 15Section 62. 48.357 (2v) (d) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,41,1616 48.357 (2v) (d) (title) Search for relatives.
AB514,63 17Section 63. 48.357 (2v) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,42,918 48.357 (2v) (d) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the court shall order the county
19department, the department in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or
20more, or the agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order
21to conduct a diligent search in order to locate and provide notice of the information
22specified in s. 48.21 (5) (e) 2. a. to e. to all relatives of the child named under sub. (1)
23(c) 2m. or (2m) (bm) and to all adult relatives, as defined in s. 48.21 (5) (e) 1., of the
24child within 30 days after the child is removed from the custody of the child's parent
25unless the child is returned to his or her home within that period. The court may also

1order the county department, department, or agency to conduct a diligent search in
2order to locate and provide notice of that information to all other adult individuals
3named under sub. (1) (c) 2m. or (2m) (bm) within 30 days after the child is removed
4from the custody of the child's parent unless the child is returned to his or her home
5within that period. The county department, department, or agency may not provide
6that notice to a person named under sub. (1) (c) 2m. or (2m) (bm) or to an adult
7relative if the county department, department, or agency has reason to believe that
8it would be dangerous to the child or to the parent if the child were placed with that
9person or adult relative.
AB514,64 10Section 64. 48.357 (4d) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,42,1111 48.357 (4d) (title) Prohibited placements based on homicide of parent.
AB514,65 12Section 65. 48.357 (4d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,42,1713 48.357 (4d) (a) Prohibition. Except as provided in par. (b), the court may not
14change a child's placement to a placement in the home of a person who has been
15convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05
16of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of the child under s. 940.01 or
17940.05
, if the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated.
AB514,66 18Section 66. 48.357 (4d) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,43,419 48.357 (4d) (am) Change in placement required. Except as provided in par. (b),
20if a parent in whose home a child is placed is convicted under s. 940.01 of the
21first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05
of the 2nd-degree intentional
22homicide, of the child's other parent under s. 940.01 or 940.05, and the conviction has
23not been reversed, set aside, or vacated, the court shall change the child's placement
24to a placement out of outside the home of the parent on petition of the child, the child's
25counsel or guardian ad litem,
the guardian or legal custodian of the child, a the

1person or agency bound by primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional
2order, or the district attorney or corporation counsel of the county in which the
3dispositional order was entered, or on the court's own motion, and on notice to the
4parent.
AB514,67 5Section 67. 48.357 (4d) (b) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,43,66 48.357 (4d) (b) (title) Exception.
AB514,68 7Section 68. 48.357 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,43,208 48.357 (5m) Child support. (a) If a proposed change in placement changes
9would change a child's placement from a placement in the child's home to a placement
10outside the child's home, the court shall order the child's parent to provide a
11statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the child and the child's
12parent
to the court or the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing
13the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall
14provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a that statement of
15income, assets, debts, and living expenses
a document setting forth the percentage
16standard established by the department under s. 49.22 (9) and the manner of its
17application established by the department under s. 49.345 (14) (g) and listing the
18factors that a court may consider under s. 49.345 (14) (c). If the child is placed outside
19the child's home, the court shall determine the liability of the parent in the manner
20provided in s. 49.345 (14).
AB514,44,1121 (b) If the court orders the child's parent to provide a statement of the income,
22assets, debts, and living expenses of the child and the child's parent to the court or
23if the court orders the child's parent to provide that statement to the person or agency
24primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order and that person or
25agency is not the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000

1750,000 or more, the department, the court shall also order the child's parent to
2provide that statement to the county department or, in a county having a population
3of 500,000 750,000 or more, the department by a date specified by the court. The
4county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more,
5the department shall provide, without charge, to the parent a form on which to
6provide that statement, and the parent shall provide that statement on that form.
7The county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or
8more, the department shall use the information provided in the statement to
9determine whether the department may claim federal foster care and adoption
10assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the cost of providing care
11for the child.
AB514,69 12Section 69. 48.357 (5r) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,44,1313 48.357 (5r) (title) Expectant mother; placement outside the home.
AB514,70 14Section 70. 48.357 (6) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,44,1515 48.357 (6) (title) Duration of order.
AB514,71 16Section 71. 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,44,2117 48.357 (6) (a) (intro.) No change in placement may extend the expiration date
18of the original dispositional order, except that if the change in placement is from a
19placement in the child's home to a placement outside the home the court may extend
20the expiration date of the original dispositional order to the latest of the following
21dates, unless the court specifies a shorter period:
AB514,72 22Section 72. 48.357 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,44,2323 48.357 (6) (a) 1. The date on which the child reaches attains 18 years of age.
AB514,73 24Section 73. 48.357 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,45,2
148.357 (6) (a) 2. The date that is one year after the date on which the change
2in placement
change-in-placement order is entered granted.
AB514,74 3Section 74. 48.357 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,45,84 48.357 (6) (a) 3. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
5school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child reaches attains 19 years
6of age, whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school
7or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the
8program before reaching attaining 19 years of age.
AB514,75 9Section 75. 48.357 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,45,2010 48.357 (6) (a) 4. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
11school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child reaches attains 21 years
12of age, whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school
13or its vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program
14under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child. The court may not enter grant an order that
15terminates as provided in this subdivision unless the child is 17 years of age or older
16when the order is entered granted and the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of
17the child, agrees to the order. At any time after the child reaches attains 18 years
18of age, the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of the child, may request the court
19in writing to terminate the order and, on receipt of such a request, the court, without
20a hearing, shall terminate the order.
AB514,76 21Section 76. 48.357 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,46,322 48.357 (6) (b) If the change in placement is from a placement outside the home
23to a placement in the child's home and if the expiration date of the original
24dispositional order is more than one year after the date on which the change in
25placement
change-in-placement order is entered granted, the court shall shorten

1the expiration date of the original dispositional order to the date that is one year after
2the date on which the change in placement change-in-placement order is entered
3granted or to an earlier date as specified by the court.
AB514,77 4Section 77. 48.358 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,46,155 48.358 (2) (a) Request or proposal. No trial reunification may occur without a
6court order. Only the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the
7dispositional order may request the court to order a trial reunification. The request
8shall contain the name and address of the requested trial reunification home, a
9statement describing why the trial reunification is in the best interests of the child,
10and a statement describing how the trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the
11child's permanency plan. A request for a trial reunification may not be made on the
12sole grounds that an emergency condition necessitates an immediate removal of the
13child from his or her out-of-home placement. If an emergency condition necessitates
14such an immediate removal, the person or agency primarily responsible for
15implementing the dispositional order shall proceed as provided in s. 48.357 (2) (a).
AB514,78 16Section 78. 48.36 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,47,617 48.36 (1) (a) If legal custody is transferred from the parent or guardian or the
18court otherwise designates an alternative placement for the child by a consent decree
19under s. 48.32,
a disposition made under s. 48.345, or by a change in placement under
20s. 48.357, the duty of the parent or guardian or, in the case of a transfer of
21guardianship and custody under s. 48.839 (4), the duty of the former guardian to
22provide support shall continue even though the legal custodian or the placement
23designee may provide the support. A copy of the order transferring custody or
24designating alternative placement for the child shall be submitted to the agency or
25person receiving custody or placement and the agency or person may apply to the

1court for an order to compel the parent or guardian to provide the support. Support
2payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded or provided
3by the department or a county department, shall be determined under s. 49.345 (14).
4Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded by
5the department of health services or a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437,
6shall be determined under s. 46.10 (14).
AB514,79 7Section 79. 48.365 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,47,118 48.365 (5) (a) Except as provided in s. 48.368, an order under this section that
9continues the placement of a child in his or her home or that relates to an unborn
10child of an adult expectant mother shall be for a specified length of time not to exceed
11one year after the date on which the order is entered granted.
AB514,80 12Section 80. 48.365 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,47,1313 48.365 (5) (b) 1. The date on which the child reaches attains 18 years of age.
AB514,81 14Section 81. 48.365 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,47,1615 48.365 (5) (b) 2. The date that is one year after the date on which the order is
16entered granted.
AB514,82 17Section 82. 48.365 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,47,2218 48.365 (5) (b) 3. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
19school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child reaches attains 19 years
20of age, whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school
21or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the
22program before reaching attaining 19 years of age.
AB514,83 23Section 83. 48.365 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,48,924 48.365 (5) (b) 4. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
25school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child reaches attains 21 years

1of age, whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school
2or its vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program
3under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child. The court may not enter grant an order that
4terminates as provided in this subdivision unless the child is 17 years of age or older
5when the order is entered granted and the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of
6the child, agrees to the order. At any time after the child reaches attains 18 years
7of age, the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of the child, may request the court
8in writing to terminate the order and, on receipt of such a request, the court, without
9a hearing, shall terminate the order.
AB514,84 10Section 84. 48.38 (4m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,48,1211 48.38 (4m) (title) Reasonable efforts not required; permanency
12determination
hearing.
AB514,85 13Section 85. 48.42 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,48,1414 48.42 (1) (bm) The information required under s. 822.29 (1).
AB514,86 15Section 86. 48.43 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,48,2516 48.43 (8) The agency appointed as the guardian of a child who is the subject
17of a guardianship order under s. 48.427 (3m) (a) 1. to 4., (am), or (b), the district
18attorney or corporation counsel, the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem,
19the legal custodian or Indian custodian of the child, or any agency responsible for
20securing the adoption of the child or for establishing the child in a permanent family
21setting may petition the court for the appointment of a successor guardian of the
22child or the court, on its own motion, may propose the appointment of a successor
23guardian of the child. Except as provided in s. 48.185 (5), the petition or motion shall
24be heard in the same manner and shall be subject to the same requirements as
25provided in s. 54.54 for the appointment of a successor guardian.
AB514,87
1Section 87. 48.437 of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,49,13 248.437 Change in placement; posttermination of parental rights. (1)
3Request by guardian or prosecutor. (a) Notice; information required. The agency
4appointed as the guardian of a child who is subject to a guardianship order under s.
548.427 (3m) (a) 1. to 4., (am), or (b), the district attorney, or the corporation counsel
6may request a change in the placement of the child by causing written notice of the
7proposed change in placement to be sent to the child, the child's counsel or guardian
8ad litem, the legal custodian of the child, any foster parent or other physical
9custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the child, the operator of the facility in which
10the child is living, any agency responsible for securing the adoption of the child or
11for establishing the child in a permanent family setting, and, if the child is an Indian
12child who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian,
13the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe.
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