48.375(7)(c)
(c) Determination. The court shall grant the petition if the court finds that any of the following standards applies:
48.375(7)(c)1.
1. That the minor is mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own.
48.375(7)(c)2.
2. That the performance or inducement of the abortion is in the minor's best interests.
48.375(7)(d)1.1. The court shall make the determination under
par. (c) and issue an order within 3 calendar days after the initial appearance unless the minor and her counsel, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, consent to an extension of the time period. The order shall be effective immediately. The court shall prepare and file with the clerk of court findings of fact, conclusions of law and a final order granting or denying the petition within 24 hours after making the determination and order. If the court grants the petition, the court shall immediately so notify the minor by personal service on her counsel, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, of a certified copy of the court's order granting the petition. If the court denies the petition, the court shall immediately so notify the minor by personal service on her counsel, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, of a copy of the court's order denying the petition and shall also notify the minor by her counsel, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, that she has a right to initiate an appeal under
s. 809.105.
48.375(7)(d)1m.
1m. Except as provided under
s. 48.315 (1) (b),
(c) and
(f), if the court fails to comply with the time limits specified under
subd. 1. without the prior consent of the minor and the minor's counsel, if any, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, the minor and the minor's counsel, if any, or the member of the clergy, if any, shall select a temporary reserve judge, as defined in
s. 753.075 (1) (b), to make the determination under
par. (c) and issue an order granting or denying the petition and the chief judge of the judicial administrative district in which the court is located shall assign the temporary reserve judge selected by the minor and the minor's counsel, if any, or the member of the clergy, if any, to make the determination and issue the order. A temporary reserve judge assigned under this subdivision to make a determination under
par. (c) and issue an order granting or denying a petition shall make the determination and issue the order within 2 calendar days after the assignment, unless the minor and her counsel, if any, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, consent to an extension of that time period. The order shall be effective immediately. The court shall prepare and file with the clerk of court findings of fact, conclusions of law and a final order granting or denying the petition, and shall notify the minor of the court's order, as provided under
subd. 1.
48.375(7)(d)2.
2. Counsel for the minor, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, shall immediately, upon notification under
subd. 1. or
1m. that the court has granted or denied the petition, notify the minor. If the court has granted the petition, counsel for the minor, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, shall hand deliver a certified copy of the court order to the person who intends to perform or induce the abortion. If with reasonable diligence the person who intends to perform or induce the abortion cannot be located for delivery, then counsel for the minor, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, shall leave a certified copy of the order with the person's agent at the person's principal place of business. If a clinic or medical facility is specified in the petition as the corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other unincorporated association that employs the person who intends to perform or induce the abortion, then counsel for the minor, or the member of the clergy who filed the petition on behalf of the minor, if any, shall hand deliver a certified copy of the order to an agent of the corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other unincorporated association at its principal place of business. There may be no service by mail or publication. The person or agent who receives the certified copy of the order under this subdivision shall place the copy in the minor's medical record.
48.375(7)(e)
(e)
Confidentiality. The identity of a minor who files or for whom is filed a petition under
s. 48.257 and all records and other papers relating to a proceeding under this subsection shall be kept confidential except for use in a forfeiture action under
s. 895.037 (2), a civil action filed under
s. 895.037 (3) or a child abuse or neglect investigation under
s. 48.981.
48.375(7)(f)
(f)
Certain persons barred from proceedings. No parent, or guardian or legal custodian, if one has been appointed, or foster parent or treatment foster parent, if the minor has been placed in a foster home or treatment foster home and the minor's parent has signed a waiver granting the department, a county department, the foster parent or the treatment foster parent the authority to consent to medical services or treatment on behalf of the minor, or adult family member, of any minor who is seeking a court determination under this subsection may attend, intervene or give evidence in any proceeding under this subsection.
48.375(8)
(8) Appeal. An appeal by a minor from an order of the trial court denying a petition under
sub. (7) may be taken to the court of appeals as a matter of right under
s. 808.03 (1) and is governed by
s. 809.105.
48.375 Annotation
The essential holding of Roe v. Wade allowing abortion is upheld, but various state restrictions on abortion are permissible. Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 US 833, 120 LEd 2d 674 (1992).
PERMANENCY PLANNING; RECORDS
48.38
48.38
Permanency planning. 48.38(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
48.38(1)(a)
(a) "Agency" means the department, a county department or a licensed child welfare agency.
48.38(1)(am)
(am) "Independent agency" means a private, nonprofit organization, but does not include a licensed child welfare agency that is authorized to prepare permanency plans or that is assigned the primary responsibility of providing services under a permanency plan.
48.38(1)(b)
(b) "Permanency plan" means a plan designed to ensure that a child is reunified with his or her family whenever appropriate, or that the child quickly attains a placement or home providing long-term stability.
48.38(2)
(2) Permanency plan required. Except as provided in
sub. (3), for each child living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, child-caring institution, secure detention facility or shelter care facility, the agency that placed the child or arranged the placement or the agency assigned primary responsibility for providing services to the child under
s. 48.355 shall prepare a written permanency plan, if one of the following conditions exists:
48.38(2)(b)
(b) The child is in the legal custody of the agency.
48.38(2)(d)
(d) The child was placed under a voluntary agreement between the agency and the child's parent under
s. 48.63 (1).
48.38(2)(e)
(e) The child is under the guardianship of the agency.
48.38(3)
(3) Time. Subject to
s. 48.355 (2d) (c), the agency shall file the permanency plan with the court within 60 days after the date on which the child was first held in physical custody or placed outside of his or her home under a court order, except that if the child is held for less than 60 days in a secure detention facility, juvenile portion of a county jail or a shelter care facility, no permanency plan is required if the child is returned to his or her home within that period.
48.38(4)
(4) Contents of plan. The permanency plan shall include a description of all of the following:
48.38(4)(a)
(a) The services offered and any service provided in an effort to prevent holding or placing the child outside of his or her home, while assuring that the health and safety of the child are the paramount concerns, and to make it possible for the child to return safely home, except that the permanency plan need not include a description of those services offered or provided with respect to a parent of the child if any of the circumstances specified in
s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1.,
2.,
3. or
4. apply to that parent.
48.38(4)(b)
(b) The basis for the decision to hold the child in custody or to place the child outside of his or her home.
48.38(4)(bm)
(bm) The availability of a safe and appropriate placement with a relative of the child and, if a decision is made not to place the child with an available relative, why placement with the relative is not safe or appropriate.
48.38(4)(c)
(c) The location and type of facility in which the child is currently held or placed, and the location and type of facility in which the child will be placed.
48.38(4)(d)
(d) If the child is living more than 60 miles from his or her home, documentation that placement within 60 miles of the child's home is either unavailable or inappropriate or documentation that placement more than 60 miles from the child's home is in the child's best interests. The placement of a child in a licensed foster home or a licensed treatment foster home more than 60 miles from the child's home is presumed to be in the best interests of the child if documentation is provided which shows all of the following:
48.38(4)(d)2.
2. That the voluntary agreement provides that the child may be placed more than 60 miles from the child's home.
48.38(4)(d)3.
3. That the placement is made to facilitate the anticipated adoptive placement of the child under
s. 48.833 or
48.837.
48.38(4)(e)
(e) The safety and appropriateness of the placement and of the services provided to meet the needs of the child and family, including a discussion of services that have been investigated and considered and are not available or likely to become available within a reasonable time to meet the needs of the child or, if available, why such services are not safe or appropriate.
48.38(4)(f)
(f) The services that will be provided to the child, the child's family and the child's foster parent, the child's treatment foster parent or the operator of the facility where the child is living to carry out the dispositional order, including services planned to accomplish all of the following:
48.38(4)(f)1.
1. Ensure proper care and treatment of the child and promote safety and stability in the placement.
48.38(4)(f)2.
2. Meet the child's physical, emotional, social, educational and vocational needs.
48.38(4)(f)3.
3. Improve the conditions of the parents' home to facilitate the safe return of the child to his or her home, or, if appropriate, obtain an alternative permanent placement for the child.
48.38(4)(fm)
(fm) If the permanency plan calls for placing the child for adoption, with a guardian or in some other alternative permanent placement, the efforts made to place the child for adoption, with a guardian or in some other alternative permanent placement.
48.38(4)(g)
(g) The conditions, if any, upon which the child will be returned safely to his or her home, including any changes required in the parents' conduct, the child's conduct or the nature of the home.
48.38(5)(a)(a) The court or a panel appointed under this paragraph shall review the permanency plan every 6 months from the date on which the child was first held in physical custody or placed outside of his or her home. If the court elects not to review the permanency plan, the court shall appoint a panel to review the permanency plan. The panel shall consist of 3 persons who are either designated by an independent agency that has been approved by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district or designated by the agency that prepared the permanency plan. A voting majority of persons on each panel shall be persons who are not employed by the agency that prepared the permanency plan and who are not responsible for providing services to the child or the parents of the child whose permanency plan is the subject of the review.
48.38(5)(am)
(am) The court may appoint an independent agency to designate a panel to conduct a permanency plan review under
par. (a). If the court in a county having a population of less than 500,000 appoints an independent agency under this paragraph, the county department of the county of the court shall authorize and contract for the purchase of services from the independent agency. If the court in a county having a population of 500,000 or more appoints an independent agency under this paragraph, the department shall authorize and contract for the purchase of services from the independent agency.
48.38(5)(b)
(b) The court or the agency shall notify the parents of the child, the child if he or she is 12 years of age or older and the child's foster parent, the child's treatment foster parent or the operator of the facility in which the child is living of the date, time and place of the review, of the issues to be determined as part of the review, of the fact that they may have an opportunity to be heard at the review by submitting written comments not less than 10 working days before the review or by participating at the review. The court or agency shall notify the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel and the child's guardian ad litem of the date of the review, of the issues to be determined as part of the review and of the fact that they may submit written comments not less than 10 working days before the review. The notices under this paragraph shall be provided in writing not less than 30 days before the review and copies of the notices shall be filed in the child's case record.
48.38(5)(c)
(c) The court or the panel shall determine each of the following:
48.38(5)(c)1.
1. The continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness of the placement.
48.38(5)(c)2.
2. The extent of compliance with the permanency plan by the agency and any other service providers, the child's parents, the child and the child's guardian, if any.
48.38(5)(c)3.
3. The extent of any efforts to involve appropriate service providers in addition to the agency's staff in planning to meet the special needs of the child and the child's parents.
48.38(5)(c)4.
4. The progress toward eliminating the causes for the child's placement outside of his or her home and toward returning the child safely to his or her home or obtaining a permanent placement for the child.
48.38(5)(c)5.
5. The date by which it is likely that the child will be returned to his or her home or placed for adoption, with a guardian or in some other alternative permanent placement.
48.38(5)(c)6.
6. If the child has been placed outside of his or her home, as described in
s. 48.365 (1), for 15 of the most recent 22 months, the appropriateness of the permanency plan and the circumstances which prevent the child from any of the following:
48.38(5)(c)6.b.
b. Having a petition for the involuntary termination of parental rights filed on behalf of the child.
48.38(5)(c)7.
7. Whether reasonable efforts were made by the agency to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home, except that the court or panel need not determine whether those reasonable efforts were made with respect to a parent of the child if any of the circumstances specified in
s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1.,
2.,
3. or
4. apply to that parent.
48.38(5)(d)
(d) Notwithstanding
s. 48.78 (2) (a), the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall, at least 5 days before a review by a review panel, provide to each person appointed to the review panel, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel and the child's guardian ad litem a copy of the permanency plan and any written comments submitted under
par. (b). Notwithstanding
s. 48.78 (2) (a), a person appointed to a review panel, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel and the child's guardian ad litem may have access to any other records concerning the child for the purpose of participating in the review. A person permitted access to a child's records under this paragraph may not disclose any information from the records to any other person.
48.38(5)(e)
(e) Within 30 days, the agency shall prepare a written summary of the determinations under
par. (c) and shall provide a copy to the court that entered the order, the child or the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's parent or guardian and the child's foster parent, the child's treatment foster parent or the operator of the facility where the child is living.
48.38(5)(f)
(f) If the summary prepared under
par. (e) indicates that the review panel made recommendations that conflict with the court order or that provide for additional services not specified in the court order, the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child shall request a revision of the court order.
48.38(6)
(6) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the following:
48.38(6)(a)
(a) Procedures for conducting permanency plan reviews.
48.38(6)(b)
(b) Requirements for training review panels.
48.38(6)(c)
(c) Standards for reasonable efforts to prevent placement of children outside of their homes, while assuring that their health and safety are the paramount concerns, and to make it possible for children to return safely to their homes if they have been placed outside of their homes.
48.38(6)(d)
(d) The format for permanency plans and review panel reports.
48.38(6)(e)
(e) Standards and guidelines for decisions regarding the placement of children.
48.38 History
History: 1983 a. 399;
1985 a. 70 ss.
1,
10;
1985 a. 176;
1985 a. 292 s.
3;
1985 a. 332;
1987 a. 383;
1989 a. 31,
86,
107;
1993 a. 377,
385,
395,
446,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2474 to
2478,
9126 (19);
1995 a. 77,
143,
275;
1997 a. 27,
35,
104,
237.
48.38 Note
NOTE: 1993 Wis. Act 395, which affects subs. (5) and (5m), contains extensive explanatory notes.
48.38 Annotation
The time limits in sub. (3) are not a prerequisite to trial court jurisdiction. Interest of Scott Y. 175 W (2d) 222, 499 NW (2d) 219 (Ct. App. 1993).
48.396(1)(1) Law enforcement officers' records of children shall be kept separate from records of adults. Law enforcement officers' records of the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall be kept separate from records of other adults. Law enforcement officers' records of children and the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except under
sub. (1b),
(1d) or
(5) or
s. 48.293 or by order of the court. This subsection does not apply to the representatives of newspapers or other reporters of news who wish to obtain information for the purpose of reporting news without revealing the identity of the child [or adult expectant mother] involved, to the confidential exchange of information between the police and officials of the school attended by the child or other law enforcement or social welfare agencies or to children 10 years of age or older who are subject to the jurisdiction of the court of criminal jurisdiction. A public school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under
s. 118.125 and a private school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential in the same manner as is required of a public school official under
s. 118.125. A law enforcement agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under this subsection and
s. 938.396 (1). A social welfare agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under
ss. 48.78 and
938.78.
48.396 Note
NOTE: The bracketed language was inserted before "child" by
1997 Wis. Act 292. It is shown here in its correct location. Corrective legislation is pending.
48.396(1b)
(1b) If requested by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, or if requested by the child, if 14 years of age or over, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, provide to the parent, guardian, legal custodian or child a copy of that report. If requested by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if requested by an expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if 14 years of age or over, or if requested by an unborn child through the unborn child's guardian ad litem, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, provide to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, expectant mother or unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem a copy of that report.
48.396(1d)
(1d) Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report or upon the written permission of the child, if 14 years of age or over, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, make available to the person named in the permission any reports specifically identified by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or child in the written permission. Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, or of an expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a law enforcement officer's report, if 14 years of age or over, and of the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, a law enforcement agency may, subject to official agency policy, make available to the person named in the permission any reports specifically identified by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or expectant mother, and unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem in the written permission.
48.396(2)(a)(a) Records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 and of courts exercising jurisdiction under
s. 48.16 shall be entered in books or deposited in files kept for that purpose only. They shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except by order of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 or as permitted under this section or
s. 48.375 (7) (e).
48.396(2)(ag)
(ag) Upon request of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), or upon request of the child, if 14 years of age or over, the court shall open for inspection by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or child the records of the court relating to that child, unless the court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or child would result in imminent danger to anyone.
48.396(2)(aj)
(aj) Upon request of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), upon request of an expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), if 14 years of age or over, or upon request of an unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, the court shall open for inspection by the parent, guardian, legal custodian, expectant mother or unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem the records of the court relating to that expectant mother, unless the court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records by the parent, guardian, legal custodian, expectant mother or unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem would result in imminent danger to anyone.
48.396(2)(am)
(am) Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), or upon the written permission of the child, if 14 years of age or over, the court shall open for inspection by the person named in the permission any records specifically identified by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or child in the written permission, unless the court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records by the person named in the permission would result in imminent danger to anyone.
48.396(2)(ap)
(ap) Upon the written permission of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a child expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), or of an expectant mother of an unborn child who is the subject of a record of a court specified in
par. (a), if 14 years of age or over, and of the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, the court shall open for inspection by the person named in the permission any records specifically identified by the parent, guardian, legal custodian or expectant mother, and unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem in the written permission, unless the court finds, after due notice and hearing, that inspection of those records by the person named in the permission would result in imminent danger to anyone.
48.396(2)(b)
(b) Upon request of the department or a federal agency to review court records for the purpose of monitoring and conducting periodic evaluations of activities as required by and implemented under
45 CFR 1355,
1356 and
1357, the court shall open those records for inspection by authorized representatives of the department or federal agency.
48.396(2)(dm)
(dm) Upon request of a court having jurisdiction over actions affecting the family, an attorney responsible for support enforcement under
s. 59.53 (6) (a) or a party to a paternity proceeding under
ss. 767.45 to
767.60, the party's attorney or the guardian ad litem for the child who is the subject of that proceeding to review or be provided with information from the records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 relating to the paternity of a child for the purpose of determining the paternity of the child or for the purpose of rebutting the presumption of paternity under
s. 891.405 or
891.41 (1), the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 shall open for inspection by the requester its records relating to the paternity of the child or disclose to the requester those records.
48.396(2)(dr)
(dr) Upon request of the department of corrections or any other person preparing a presentence investigation under
s. 972.15 to review court records for the purpose of preparing the presentence investigation, the court shall open for inspection by any authorized representative of the requester the records of the court relating to any child who has been the subject of a proceeding under this chapter.
48.396(2)(f)
(f) Upon request of the department of corrections to review court records for the purpose of obtaining information concerning a child required to register under
s. 301.45, the court shall open for inspection by authorized representatives of the department of corrections the records of the court relating to any child who has been found in need of protection or services for an offense specified in
s. 301.45 (1) (a). The department of corrections may disclose information that it obtains under this paragraph as provided under
s. 301.46.
48.396(2)(g)
(g) Upon request of any other court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938, a district attorney or corporation counsel to review court records for the purpose of any proceeding in that other court, the court shall open for inspection by any authorized representative of the requester the records of the court relating to any child who has been the subject of a proceeding under this chapter.
48.396(2)(h)
(h) Upon request of the court having jurisdiction over an action affecting the family or of an attorney for a party or a guardian ad litem in an action affecting the family to review court records for the purpose of considering the custody of a child, the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and
ch. 938 shall open for inspection by an authorized representative of the requester the records of the court relating to any child who has been the subject of a proceeding under this chapter.
