48.21(1)(bm)
(bm) An extension under par.
(b) may be granted only once for any petition. In the event of failure to file a petition within the extension period provided for in par.
(b), the judge or circuit court commissioner shall order the child's immediate release from custody.
48.21(3)
(3) Proceedings concerning children in need of protection or services and unborn children in need of protection or services and their child expectant mothers. 48.21(3)(ag)
(ag) Proceedings concerning a child who comes within the jurisdiction of the court under s.
48.13 or an unborn child and a child expectant mother of the unborn child who come within the jurisdiction of the court under s.
48.133 shall be conducted according to this subsection.
48.21(3)(am)
(am) The parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian may waive his or her right to participate in the hearing under this section. After any waiver, a rehearing shall be granted at the request of the parent, guardian, legal custodian, Indian custodian, or any other interested party for good cause shown.
48.21(3)(b)
(b) If present at the hearing, a copy of the petition or request shall be given to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian, and to the child if he or she is 12 years of age or older, before the hearing begins. If the child is an expectant mother who has been taken into custody under s.
48.19 (1) (cm) or
(d) 8., a copy of the petition shall also be given to the unborn child's guardian ad litem before the hearing begins. Prior notice of the hearing shall be given to the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, and Indian custodian, to the child if he or she is 12 years of age or older and, if the child is an expectant mother who has been taken into custody under s.
48.19 (1) (cm) or
(d) 8., to the unborn child's guardian ad litem under s.
48.20 (8).
48.21(3)(d)
(d) Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the court shall inform the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian of the allegations that have been made or may be made, the nature and possible consequences of this hearing as compared to possible future hearings, the right to counsel under s.
48.23, the right to present, confront, and cross-examine witnesses, and, in the case of a parent or Indian custodian of an Indian child who is the subject of an Indian child custody proceeding under s.
48.028 (2) (d) 2., the right to counsel under s.
48.028 (4) (b).
48.21(3)(e)
(e) If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, Indian custodian, or child is not represented by counsel at the hearing and the child is continued in custody as a result of the hearing, the parent, guardian, legal custodian, Indian custodian, or child may request through counsel subsequently appointed or retained or through a guardian ad litem that the order to hold the child in custody be reheard. If the request is made, a rehearing shall take place as soon as possible. An order to hold the child in custody shall be reheard for good cause, whether or not counsel was present.
48.21(3)(f)
(f) If present at the hearing, the parent shall be requested to provide the names and other identifying information of 3 relatives of the child or other individuals 18 years of age or over whose homes the parent requests the court to consider as placements for the child. If the parent does not provide that information at the hearing, the county department, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the custody order shall permit the parent to provide the information at a later date.
48.21(3m)
(3m) Parental notice required. If the child has been taken into custody because he or she committed an act which resulted in personal injury or damage to or loss of the property of another, the court, prior to the commencement of any hearing under this section, shall attempt to notify the child's parents of the possibility of disclosure of the identity of the child and the parents, of the child's police records and of the outcome of proceedings against the child for use in civil actions for damages against the child or the parents and of the parents' potential liability for acts of their children. If the court is unable to provide the notice before commencement of the hearing, it shall provide the child's parents with the specified information in writing as soon as possible after the hearing.
48.21(4)
(4) Continuation of custody. If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that the child should be continued in custody under the criteria of s.
48.205, he or she shall enter one of the following orders:
48.21(4)(a)
(a) Place the child with a parent, guardian, legal custodian or other responsible person and may impose reasonable restrictions on the child's travel, association with other persons or places of abode during the period of placement, including a condition requiring the child to return to other custody as requested; or subject the child to the supervision of an agency agreeing to supervise the child. Reasonable restrictions may be placed upon the conduct of the parent, guardian, legal custodian or other responsible person which may be necessary to ensure the safety of the child.
48.21(5)(a)
(a) All orders to hold in custody shall be in writing, listing the reasons and criteria forming the basis for the decision.
48.21(5)(b)
(b) An order relating to a child held in custody outside of his or her home shall also include all of the following:
48.21(5)(b)1.a.a. A finding that continued placement of the child in his or her home would be contrary to the welfare of the child.
48.21(5)(b)1.b.
b. A finding as to whether the person who took the child into custody and the intake worker have made reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns, unless the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that any of the circumstances specified in s.
48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to
5. applies.
48.21(5)(b)1.c.
c. A finding as to whether the person who took the child into custody and the intake worker have made reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return safely home.
48.21(5)(b)1.d.
d. If the child is under the supervision of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department, an order ordering the child into the placement and care responsibility of the county department or department as required under
42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the county department or department primary responsibility for providing services to the child.
48.21(5)(b)1m.
1m. If for good cause shown sufficient information is not available for the judge or circuit court commissioner to make a finding as to whether reasonable efforts were made to prevent the removal of the child from the home, while assuring that the child's health and safety are the paramount concerns, a finding as to whether reasonable efforts were made to make it possible for the child to return safely home and an order for the county department, department, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the custody order to file with the court sufficient information for the judge or circuit court commissioner to make a finding as to whether those reasonable efforts were made to prevent the removal of the child from the home by no later than 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the date on which the order is granted.
48.21(5)(b)2.
2. If the child is held in custody outside the home in a placement recommended by the intake worker, a statement that the court approves the placement recommended by the intake worker or, if the child is placed outside the home in a placement other than a placement recommended by the intake worker, a statement that the court has given bona fide consideration to the recommendations made by the intake worker and all parties relating to the placement of the child.
48.21(5)(b)2m.
2m. If the child has one or more siblings, as defined in s.
48.38 (4) (br) 1., who have also been removed from the home, a finding as to whether the intake worker has made reasonable efforts to place the child in a placement that enables the sibling group to remain together, unless the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings, in which case the judge or circuit court commissioner shall order the county department, department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the custody order to make reasonable efforts to provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the child and the siblings, unless the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that such visitation or interaction would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings.
48.21(5)(b)3.
3. If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that any of the circumstances specified in s.
48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to
5. applies with respect to a parent, a determination that the county department, department, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or agency primarily responsible for providing services under the custody order is not required to make reasonable efforts with respect to the parent to make it possible for the child to return safely to his or her home.
48.21(5)(c)
(c) The judge or circuit court commissioner shall make the findings specified in par.
(b) 1.,
1m., and
3. on a case-by-case basis based on circumstances specific to the child and shall document or reference the specific information on which those findings are based in the custody order. A custody order that merely references par.
(b) 1.,
1m., or
3. without documenting or referencing that specific information in the custody order or an amended custody order that retroactively corrects an earlier custody order that does not comply with this paragraph is not sufficient to comply with this paragraph.
48.21(5)(d)
(d) If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that any of the circumstances specified in s.
48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to
5. applies with respect to a parent, the judge or circuit court commissioner shall hold a hearing under s.
48.38 (4m) within 30 days after the date of that finding to determine the permanency goal and, if applicable, any concurrent permanency goals for the child.
48.21(5)(e)1.1. In this paragraph, “
adult relative" means a grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, half brother, or half sister of a child or a parent of a sibling of the child who has legal custody of that sibling, whether by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, who has attained 18 years of age.
48.21(5)(e)2.
2. The court shall order the county department, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the custody order to conduct a diligent search in order to locate and provide notice of the information specified in this subdivision to all relatives of the child named under sub.
(3) (f) and to all adult relatives of the child within 30 days after the child is removed from the custody of the child's parent unless the child is returned to his or her home within that period. The court may also order the county department, department, or agency to conduct a diligent search in order to locate and provide notice of the information specified in this subdivision to all other adult individuals named under sub.
(3) (f) within 30 days after the child is removed from the custody of the child's parent unless the child is returned to his or her home within that period. The county department, department, or agency may not provide that notice to a person named under sub.
(3) (f) or to an adult relative if the county department, department, or agency has reason to believe that it would be dangerous to the child or to the parent if the child were placed with that person or adult relative. The notice shall include all of the following:
48.21(5)(e)2.a.
a. A statement that the child has been removed from the custody of the child's parent.
48.21(5)(e)2.b.
b. A statement that explains the options that the person provided with the notice has under state or federal law to participate in the care and placement of the child, including any options that may be lost by failing to respond to the notice.
48.21(5)(e)2.c.
c. A description of the requirements to obtain a foster home license under s.
48.62 or to receive kinship care or long-term kinship care payments under s.
48.57 (3m) or
(3n) and of the additional services and supports that are available for children placed in a foster home or in the home of a person receiving those payments.
48.21(5)(e)2.d.
d. A statement advising the person provided with the notice that he or she may incur additional expenses if the child is placed in his or her home and that reimbursement for some of those expenses may be available.
48.21(5)(e)2.e.
e. The name and contact information of the agency that removed the child from the custody of the child's parent.
48.21(5m)
(5m) Effective period of order. An order to hold a child in custody remains in effect until a dispositional order is granted or a consent decree is entered into, the petition under s.
48.25 is withdrawn or dismissed, or the order is modified or terminated by further order of the court.
48.21(6)
(6) Amendment of order. An order placing a child under sub.
(4) (a) on conditions specified in this section may at any time be amended, with notice, so as to place the child in another form of custody for failure to conform to the conditions originally imposed. A child may be transferred to secure custody if he or she meets the criteria of s.
48.208.
48.21(7)
(7) Informal disposition. If the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that the best interests of the child and the public are served or, in the case of a child expectant mother who has been taken into custody under s.
48.19 (1) (cm) or
(d) 8., that the best interests of the unborn child and the public are served, he or she may enter a consent decree under s.
48.32 or order the petition dismissed and refer the matter to the intake worker for informal disposition in accordance with s.
48.245.
48.21 History
History: 1977 c. 354,
447;
1979 c. 300;
1983 a. 399;
1985 a. 311;
1993 a. 98;
1995 a. 27,
77,
275;
1997 a. 35,
237,
292;
2001 a. 16,
61,
109;
2005 a. 232;
2007 a. 20;
2009 a. 28,
79,
94;
2011 a. 181;
2013 a. 170;
2015 a. 101,
172,
373;
2017 a. 253.
48.21 Annotation
The period under sub. (1) (a) runs from the time the intake worker decides to hold the child. Curtis W. v. State,
192 Wis. 2d 719,
531 N.W.2d 633 (Ct. App. 1995).
48.213
48.213
Hearing for adult expectant mother in custody. 48.213(1)(a)(a) If an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who has been taken into custody is not released under s.
48.203, a hearing to determine whether the adult expectant mother shall continue to be held in custody under the criteria of s.
48.205 (1m) shall be conducted by the judge or a circuit court commissioner within 48 hours after the time that the decision to hold the adult expectant mother was made, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. By the time of the hearing a petition under s.
48.25 shall be filed, except that no petition need be filed when an adult expectant mother is taken into custody under s.
48.193 (1) (b) or
(d) 1. or
3., in which case a written statement of the reasons for holding the adult expectant mother in custody shall be substituted if the petition is not filed. If no hearing has been held within those 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, or if no petition or statement has been filed at the time of the hearing, the adult expectant mother shall be released except as provided in par.
(b).
48.213(1)(b)
(b) If no petition has been filed by the time of the hearing, an adult expectant mother of an unborn child may be held in custody with the approval of the judge or circuit court commissioner for an additional 72 hours after the time of the hearing, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, only if, as a result of the facts brought forth at the hearing, the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that probable cause exists to believe that there is a substantial risk that if the adult expectant mother is not held, the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered by the adult expectant mother's habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, and to believe that the adult expectant mother is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. The extension may be granted only once for any petition. In the event of failure to file a petition within the extension period provided for in this paragraph, the judge or circuit court commissioner shall order the adult expectant mother's immediate release from custody.
48.213(2)
(2) Proceedings concerning unborn children in need of protection or services and their adult expectant mothers. 48.213(2)(a)(a) Proceedings concerning an unborn child and an adult expectant mother of the unborn child who come within the jurisdiction of the court under s.
48.133 shall be conducted according to this subsection.
48.213(2)(b)
(b) The adult expectant mother may waive the hearing under this section. After any waiver, a hearing shall be granted at the request of any interested party.
48.213(2)(c)
(c) A copy of the petition shall be given to the adult expectant mother and to the unborn child's guardian ad litem before the hearing begins. Prior notice of the hearing shall be given to the adult expectant mother and unborn child's guardian ad litem in accordance with s.
48.203 (7).
48.213(2)(d)
(d) Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the court shall inform the adult expectant mother and the unborn child's guardian ad litem of the allegations that have been made or may be made, the nature and possible consequences of this hearing as compared to possible future hearings, the right to counsel under s.
48.23, and the right to present, confront, and cross-examine witnesses.
48.213(2)(e)
(e) If the adult expectant mother is not represented by counsel at the hearing and the adult expectant mother is continued in custody as a result of the hearing, the adult expectant mother may request through counsel subsequently appointed or retained or through a guardian ad litem that the order to hold the adult expectant mother in custody be reheard. If the request is made, a rehearing shall take place as soon as possible. Any order to hold the adult expectant mother in custody shall be subject to rehearing for good cause, whether or not counsel was present.
48.213(3)
(3) Continuation of custody. If the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that the adult expectant mother should be continued in custody under the criteria of s.
48.205 (1m), the judge or circuit court commissioner shall enter one of the following orders:
48.213(3)(a)
(a) Release the adult expectant mother and impose reasonable restrictions on the adult expectant mother's travel, association with other persons or places of abode during the period of the order, including a condition requiring the adult expectant mother to return to other custody as requested; or subject the adult expectant mother to the supervision of an agency agreeing to supervise the adult expectant mother. Reasonable restrictions may be placed upon the conduct of the adult expectant mother which may be necessary to ensure the safety of the unborn child and of the child when born.
48.213(4)
(4) Orders in writing. All orders to hold an adult expectant mother of an unborn child in custody shall be in writing, listing the reasons and criteria forming the basis for the decision.
48.213(4m)
(4m) Effective period of order. An order to hold an adult expectant mother in custody remains in effect until a dispositional order is granted or a consent decree is entered into, the petition under s.
48.25 is withdrawn or dismissed, or the order is modified or terminated by further order of the court.
48.213(5)
(5) Amendment of order. An order under sub.
(3) (a) imposing restrictions on an adult expectant mother of an unborn child may at any time be amended, with notice, so as to place the adult expectant mother in another form of custody for failure of the adult expectant mother to conform to the conditions originally imposed.
48.213(6)
(6) Informal disposition. If the judge or circuit court commissioner determines that the best interests of the unborn child and the public are served, the judge or circuit court commissioner may enter a consent decree under s.
48.32 or order the petition dismissed and refer the matter to the intake worker for informal disposition in accordance with s.
48.245.
48.215
48.215
Mother-young child care program. Sections
48.19 to
48.21 do not apply to children participating in the mother-young child care program under s.
301.049.
48.215 History
History: 1991 a. 39.
48.217
48.217
Change in placement; child or expectant mother held in custody. 48.217(1)(1)
Request by intake worker, agency responsible for custody order, or prosecutor. 48.217(1)(a)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
2., the intake worker, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under a temporary physical custody order under s.
48.21 (4) or
48.213 (3), the district attorney, or the corporation counsel may request a change in the placement of the child or expectant mother who is the subject of the order as provided in this subsection, whether or not the change requested is authorized in the order.
48.217(1)(a)2.
2. A change in the placement of a child from a placement in the home to a placement outside the home may only be made as provided in s.
48.21 (6). A change in the placement of an adult expectant mother from a placement in the home to a placement outside the home may only be made as provided in s.
48.213 (5).
48.217(1)(b)1.a.a. The intake worker, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under a temporary physical custody order, the district attorney, or the corporation counsel may request a change in placement under this subsection by causing written notice of the proposed change in placement to be sent to the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian or Indian custodian of the child, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) of the child, and the child's court-appointed special advocate.
48.217(1)(b)1.b.
b. If the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s.
48.133, written notice of the proposed change in placement shall also be sent to the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the change in placement involves an adult expectant mother of an unborn child under s.
48.133, written notice of the proposed change in placement shall be sent to the adult expectant mother, the physical custodian of the adult expectant mother, and the unborn child's guardian ad litem.
48.217(1)(b)2.
2. The notice shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the reasons for the change in placement, and a statement describing why the new placement is preferable to the present placement. The person sending the notice shall file the notice with the court on the same day that the notice is sent.
48.217(1)(c)
(c)
Hearing; when required. Any person receiving the notice under par.
(b), other than a court-appointed special advocate, may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after the notice is sent to that person and filed with the court. Except as provided in par.
(d), if an objection is filed within 10 days after that notice is sent and filed with the court, the court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change in placement. At least 3 days before the hearing, the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are required to receive notice under par.
(b). If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing. Except as provided in par.
(d), if no objection is filed within 10 days after that notice is sent and filed with the court, the court shall enter an order changing the child's placement as proposed in that notice. Except as provided in par.
(d), placements may not be changed until 10 days after that notice is sent and filed with the court unless written waivers of objection are signed as follows:
48.217(1)(c)1.
1. By the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian of the child and by the child, if 12 years of age or over.
48.217(1)(c)2.
2. By the child expectant mother, if 12 years of age or over, her parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian, and the unborn child's guardian ad litem.
48.217(1)(c)3.
3. By the adult expectant mother and the unborn child's guardian ad litem.
48.217(1)(d)
(d)
When hearing not required. Changes in placement that were authorized in the temporary physical custody order may be made immediately if notice is given as required under par.
(b). A hearing is not required for changes in placement authorized in the temporary physical custody order except when an objection filed by a person who received notice alleges that new information is available that affects the advisability of the order.
48.217(1)(e)
(e)
Contents of order. If the court changes a child's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change-in-placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub.
(2v) (a), the applicable statement under sub.
(2v) (b), and the finding under sub.
(2v) (c).
48.217(2)
(2) Emergency change in placement. If emergency conditions necessitate an immediate change in the placement of a child or expectant mother placed outside the home under a temporary physical custody order under s.
48.21 (4) or
48.213 (3), the intake worker or agency primarily responsible for providing services under the order may remove the child or expectant mother to a new placement, whether or not authorized by the existing order, without the prior notice under sub.
(1) (b). Notice of the emergency change in placement shall be sent to the persons specified in sub.
(1) (b) 1. within 48 hours after the emergency change in placement. Any party receiving notice may demand a hearing under sub.
(1) (c). In emergency situations, a child may be placed in a licensed public or private shelter care facility as a transitional placement for not more than 20 days or in any other placement authorized under s.
48.207,
48.208, or
48.209.
48.217(2m)(a)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
2., the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian of the child, the expectant mother, or the unborn child's guardian ad litem may request a change in the placement of the child or expectant mother who is the subject of the order as provided in this subsection. The request shall contain the name and address of the new placement requested and shall state what new information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement. The request shall be submitted to the court. The court may also propose a change in placement on its own motion.
48.217(2m)(a)2.
2. A change in the placement of a child from a placement in the home to a placement outside the home may only be made as provided in s.
48.21 (6). A change in the placement of an adult expectant mother from a placement in the home to a placement outside the home may only be made as provided in s.
48.213 (5).
48.217(2m)(b)1.1. The court shall hold a hearing prior to ordering any change in placement requested or proposed under par.
(a) if the request or proposal states that new information is available that affects the advisability of the current placement. A hearing is not required if written waivers of objection to the proposed change in placement are signed by all persons entitled to receive notice under subd.
2., other than a court-appointed special advocate, and the court approves.
48.217(2m)(b)2.
2. If a hearing is scheduled, at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the child, the child's counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian or Indian custodian of the child, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under the temporary physical custody order, the district attorney or corporation counsel, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) of the child, and the child's court-appointed special advocate. If the child is the expectant mother of an unborn child under s.
48.133, the court shall also notify the unborn child's guardian ad litem. If the change in placement involves an adult expectant mother of an unborn child under s.
48.133, at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the adult expectant mother, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under the temporary physical custody order, and the district attorney or corporation counsel. A copy of the request or proposal for the change in placement shall be attached to the notice. If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
48.217(2m)(c)
(c)
Contents of order. If the court changes the child's placement from a placement outside the home to another placement outside the home, the change-in-placement order shall contain the applicable order under sub.
(2v) (a), the applicable statement under sub.
(2v) (b), and the finding under sub.
(2v) (c).
48.217(2r)
(2r) Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a hearing is held under sub.
(1) (c) or
(2m) (b) and the change in placement would remove a child from a foster home or other placement with a physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2), the court shall give the foster parent or other physical custodian a right to be heard at the hearing by permitting the foster parent or other physical custodian to make a written or oral statement during the hearing or to submit a written statement prior to the hearing relating to the child and the requested change in placement. A foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing under sub.
(1) (c) or
(2m) (b) and a right to be heard under this subsection does not become a party to the proceeding on which the hearing is held solely on the basis of receiving that notice and right to be heard.
48.217(2v)
(2v) Change-in-placement order. A change-in-placement order under sub.
(1) or
(2m) shall contain all of the following:
48.217(2v)(a)
(a) If the change-in-placement order changes the placement of a child who is under the supervision of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department to a placement outside the home, an order ordering the child to be continued in the placement and care responsibility of the county department or department as required under
42 USC 672 (a) (2) and assigning the county department or department continued primary responsibility for providing services to the child.
48.217(2v)(b)
(b) If the change-in-placement order changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home recommended by the agency primarily responsible for providing services under the temporary physical custody order, a statement that the court approves the placement recommended by that agency or, if the change-in-placement order changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home that is not a placement recommended by that agency, a statement that the court has given bona fide consideration to the recommendations made by that agency and all parties relating to the child's placement.
48.217(2v)(c)
(c) If the change-in-placement order changes the placement of the child to a placement outside the home and if the child has one or more siblings, as defined in s.
48.38 (4) (br) 1., who have been placed outside the home or for whom a change in placement to a placement outside the home is requested, a finding as to whether the intake worker, the county department, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or the agency primarily responsible for providing services under the temporary physical custody order has made reasonable efforts to place the child in a placement that enables the sibling group to remain together, unless the court determines that a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings, in which case the court shall order the intake worker, county department, department, or agency to make reasonable efforts to provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the child and the siblings, unless the court determines that such visitation or interaction would be contrary to the safety or well-being of the child or any of those siblings.
