938.358
938.358
Trial reunification. 938.358(1)(a)
(a) “Trial reunification" means a period of 7 consecutive days or longer, but not exceeding 150 days, during which a juvenile who is placed in an out-of-home placement under s.
938.355 or
938.357 resides in the home of a relative of the juvenile from which the juvenile was removed or in the home of either of the juvenile's parents for the purpose of determining the appropriateness of changing the placement of the juvenile to that home.
938.358(1)(b)
(b) “Trial reunification home" means the home in which a juvenile resides during a trial reunification.
938.358(2)(a)(a)
Request or proposal. No trial reunification may occur without a court order. Only the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may request the court to order a trial reunification. The request shall contain the name and address of the requested trial reunification home, a statement describing why the trial reunification is in the best interests of the juvenile, and a statement describing how the trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the juvenile's permanency plan. A request for a trial reunification may not be made on the sole grounds that an emergency condition necessitates an immediate removal of the juvenile from his or her out-of-home placement. If an emergency condition necessitates such an immediate removal, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order shall proceed as provided in s.
938.357 (2) (a).
938.358(2)(b)
(b)
Notice; information required. The person or agency requesting the trial reunification shall submit the request to the court and shall cause written notice of the requested trial reunification to be sent to the juvenile, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the juvenile, any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) of the juvenile, all parties who are bound by the dispositional order, and, if the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who has been removed from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), the Indian juvenile's Indian custodian and tribe. The notice shall contain the information that is required to be included in the request under par.
(a).
938.358(2)(c)
(c)
Hearing; when required. Any person receiving notice of a requested trial reunification under par.
(b) may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after the request was filed with the court. If an objection is filed, a hearing shall be held within 30 days after the request was filed with the court. Not less than 3 days before the hearing the person or agency requesting the trial reunification or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are entitled to receive notice under par.
(b). A copy of the request for the trial reunification shall be attached to the notice. If all of the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
938.358(2)(d)
(d)
Order. If the court finds that the trial reunification is in the best interests of the juvenile and that the trial reunification satisfies the objectives of the juvenile's permanency plan, the court shall order the trial reunification. A trial reunification shall terminate 90 days after the date of the order, unless the court specifies a shorter period in the order, extends the trial reunification under sub.
(3), or revokes the trial reunification under sub.
(4) (c) or
(6) (b). No trial reunification order may extend the expiration date of the original dispositional order under s.
938.355 or any extension order under s.
938.365. A trial reunification under this section is not a change in placement under s.
938.357. Unless revoked under sub.
(4) (c) or
(6) (b), at the end of a trial reunification, the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order shall do one of the following:
938.358(2)(d)1.
1. Return the juvenile to his or her previous out-of-home placement. The person or agency may do so without further order of the court, but within 5 days after the return the person or agency shall provide notice of the date of the return and the address of that placement to all persons who are entitled to receive notice under par.
(b).
938.358(2)(d)2.
2. Request a change in placement under s.
938.357 to place the juvenile in a new out-of-home placement.
938.358(2)(d)3.
3. Request a change in placement under s.
938.357 to place the juvenile in the trial reunification home.
938.358(3)(a)
(a)
Extension request. The person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order may request an extension of a trial reunification. The request shall contain a statement describing how the trial reunification continues to be in the best interests of the juvenile. No later than 10 days prior to the expiration of the trial reunification, the person or agency that requests the extension shall submit the request to the court that ordered the trial reunification and shall cause notice of the request to be provided to all persons who are entitled to receive notice under sub.
(2) (b).
938.358(3)(b)
(b)
Extension hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive notice of the extension request under par.
(a) may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after the request was filed with the court. If an objection is filed, the court shall schedule a hearing on the matter. If the court is unable to conduct a hearing on the matter before the trial reunification expires, the court may extend the trial reunification for not more than 30 days without a hearing. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days before the hearing the person or agency requesting the extension or the court shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons who are entitled to receive notice of the extension request under par.
(a). A copy of the request for the extension shall be attached to the notice. If all of the parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
938.358(3)(c)
(c)
Extension order. If the court finds that the trial reunification continues to be in the best interests of the juvenile, the court shall grant an order extending the trial reunification for a period specified by the court. Any number of extensions may be granted, but the total period for a trial reunification may not exceed 150 days.
938.358(4)(a)1.
1. If the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order determines based on current circumstances that a trial reunification is no longer in the best interests of the juvenile, that person or agency may, without prior court order, remove the juvenile from the trial reunification home and place the juvenile in the juvenile's previous out-of-home placement as provided in subd.
2. or place the juvenile in a new out-of-home placement as provided in subd.
3. 938.358(4)(a)2.
2. If the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order places the juvenile in the juvenile's previous out-of-home placement, within 3 days after removing the juvenile from the trial reunification home, that person or agency shall submit a request for revocation of the trial reunification to the court that ordered the trial reunification and shall cause notice of the request to be provided to all persons who are entitled to receive notice of the trial reunification under sub.
(2) (b). The request shall contain the date on which the juvenile was removed from the trial reunification home, the address of the juvenile's current placement, and the reasons for the proposed revocation. Paragraphs
(b) and
(c) apply to a request for revocation submitted under this subdivision.
938.358(4)(a)3.
3. If the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order places the juvenile in a new out-of-home placement, within 3 days after removing the juvenile from the trial reunification home, that person or agency shall request a change in placement under s.
938.357 (1) (am). The procedures specified in s.
938.357 relating to a change in placement under s.
938.357 (1) (am) apply to a change in placement requested under this subdivision, except that the request shall include the date on which the juvenile was removed from the trial reunification home in addition to the information required under s.
938.357 (1) (am) 1., and the trial reunification is revoked when the change in placement order is granted.
938.358(4)(b)
(b)
Revocation hearing; when required. Any person who is entitled to receive notice of a revocation request under par.
(a) 2. may obtain a hearing on the matter by filing an objection with the court within 10 days after the request is filed with the court. If a hearing is scheduled, not less than 3 days prior to the hearing the court shall provide notice of the hearing, together with a copy of the request for the revocation, to all persons who are entitled to receive notice under par.
(a) 2. If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing.
938.358(4)(c)
(c)
Revocation order. If the court finds that the trial reunification is no longer in the best interests of a juvenile who has been placed in his or her previous out-of-home placement under par.
(a) 1., the court shall grant an order revoking the trial reunification.
938.358(5)
(5)
Removal from foster home or other physical custodian. If a hearing is held under sub.
(2) (c) and the trial reunification would remove a juvenile 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 juvenile and the requested trial reunification. A foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) who receives notice of a hearing under sub.
(2) (c) 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.
938.358(6)
(6)
Prohibited trial reunifications based on homicide of parent. 938.358(6)(a)(a)
Prohibition. Except as provided in par.
(c), the court may not order a trial reunification in the home of a person who has been convicted under s.
940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s.
940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of the juvenile, if the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated.
938.358(6)(b)
(b)
Revocation. Except as provided in par.
(c), if a parent in whose home a juvenile is placed for a trial reunification is convicted under s.
940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s.
940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of the juvenile's other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated, the court shall revoke the trial reunification and the juvenile shall be returned to his or her previous out-of-home placement or, pursuant to s.
938.357, placed in a new out-of-home placement.
938.358(6)(c)
(c)
Exception. Paragraphs
(a) and
(b) do not apply if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of the juvenile. The court shall consider the wishes of the juvenile in making that determination.
938.358 History
History: 2011 a. 181;
2015 a. 373.
938.36
938.36
Payment for services. 938.36(1)(1)
Residential services; parental duty to support. 938.36(1)(a)
(a) If legal custody is transferred from the parent or guardian or the court otherwise designates an alternative placement for the juvenile by a consent decree under s.
938.32, a disposition made under s.
938.183,
938.34, or
938.345, or a change in placement under s.
938.357, the duty of the parent or guardian to provide support shall continue even though the legal custodian or the placement designee may provide the support. A copy of the order transferring custody or designating alternative placement for the juvenile shall be submitted to the agency or person receiving custody or placement and the agency or person may apply to the court for an order to compel the parent or guardian to provide the support. Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded or provided by the department of corrections, or a county department under s.
46.215,
46.22 or
46.23, shall be determined under s.
301.12 (14). Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded by the department of health services, or a county department under s.
51.42 or
51.437, shall be determined under s.
46.10 (14).
938.36(1)(b)
(b) In determining the amount of support under par.
(a), the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent's earning capacity, including information reported under s.
49.22 (2m) to the department, or the county child support agency, under s.
59.53 (5). If the court has insufficient information with which to determine the amount of support, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to furnish a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent, if the parent has not already done so, to the court within 10 days after the court's order transferring custody or designating an alternative placement is entered or at such other time as ordered by the court.
938.36(2)
(2)
Services or treatment; county payment; parental contribution. If a juvenile whose legal custody has not been taken from a parent or guardian is given educational and social services, or medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment by order of the court, the court may order the county to pay for those services or treatment. This section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs from the parent or guardian of the juvenile as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection is subject to s.
301.03 (18).
938.36(3)
(3)
Services provided by school district. In determining county liability, this section does not apply to services specified in ch.
115.
938.361
938.361
Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services. 938.361(1)(a)
(a) “Alcohol and other drug abuse services" means all of the following:
938.361(2)(a)1.1. If a juvenile's parent neglects, refuses or is unable to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services for the juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, notwithstanding s.
938.36 (3) the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch.
48 or municipal court may order the parent to pay for the alcohol and drug abuse services. If the parent consents to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services for a juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments but the health insurance provider or other 3rd-party payer refuses to provide the alcohol and other drug abuse services the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch.
48 or municipal court may order the health insurance provider or 3rd-party payer to pay for the alcohol and other drug abuse services in accordance with the terms of the parent's health insurance policy or other 3rd-party payment plan.
938.361(2)(a)2.
2. This paragraph applies to payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services in any county, including pilot counties under s.
938.547.
938.361(2)(am)1.1. If a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch.
48 in a pilot county under s.
938.547 finds that payment cannot be attained under par.
(a), the court may order payment under par.
(b).
938.361(2)(am)2.
2. If a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch.
48 in a county that is not a pilot county under s.
938.547 finds that payment cannot be attained under par.
(a), the court may order payment under s.
938.34 (6) (ar) or
938.36.
938.361(2)(am)3.
3. If a municipal court finds that payment cannot be attained under par.
(a), the municipal court may order the municipality over which the municipal court has jurisdiction to pay for any alcohol and other drug abuse services ordered by the municipal court.
938.361(2)(b)1.1. In pilot counties under s.
938.547, in addition to ordering payment under par.
(a), the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch.
48 may order a county department of human services established under s.
46.23 or a county department established under s.
51.42 or
51.437 in the juvenile's county of legal residence to pay for the alcohol and other drug abuse services whether or not custody has been taken from the parent.
938.361(2)(b)2.
2. If a court orders a county department established under s.
51.42 or
51.437 to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services under this paragraph, the provision of the service is subject to conditions specified in ch.
51.
938.361(2)(c)
(c) Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services by a county department or municipality under this section does not prohibit the county department or municipality from contracting with another county department, municipality, school district, or approved treatment facility for the provision of alcohol and other drug abuse services. Payment by the county or municipality under this section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs of the court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse services from the parent based upon the ability of the parent to pay. This subsection is subject to s.
46.03 (18).
938.362
938.362
Payment for certain special treatment or care services. 938.362(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, “special treatment or care" has the meaning given in s.
938.02 (17m), except that it does not include alcohol and other drug abuse services.
938.362(2)
(2)
Applicability. This section applies to the payment of court-ordered special treatment or care under s.
938.34 (6) (a) or
(am), whether or not custody has been taken from the parent.
938.362(3)
(3)
Payment by parent or insurer. If a juvenile's parent neglects, refuses, or is unable to provide court-ordered special treatment or care for the juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, notwithstanding s.
938.36 (3), the court may order the parent to pay for the court-ordered special treatment or care. If the parent consents to provide court-ordered special treatment or care for a juvenile through his or her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments but the health insurance provider or other 3rd-party payer refuses to provide the special treatment or care, the court may order the health insurance provider or 3rd-party payer to pay for the special treatment or care in accordance with the terms of the parent's health insurance policy or other 3rd-party payment plan.
938.362(4)(a)
(a) If the court finds that payment cannot be attained under sub.
(3), the court may order the county department under s.
51.42 or
51.437 of the juvenile's county of legal residence to pay the cost of any court-ordered special treatment or care that is provided directly by or under contract with the county department.
938.362(4)(b)
(b) Payment for special treatment or care by a county department under par.
(a) does not prohibit the county department from contracting with another county department or approved treatment facility for the provision of special treatment or care.
938.362(4)(c)
(c) A county department that pays for court-ordered special treatment or care under par.
(a) may recover from the parent, based on the parent's ability to pay, a reasonable contribution toward the costs of court-ordered special treatment or care. This paragraph is subject to s.
46.03 (18).
938.362 History
History: 1995 a. 77,
275;
2005 a. 344.
938.363
938.363
Revision of dispositional orders. 938.363(1)(a)(a) A juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, any person or agency bound by a dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered or, if the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who is in need of protection or services under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), the Indian juvenile's Indian custodian may request a revision in the order that does not involve a change in placement or a trial reunification, including a revision with respect to the amount of child support to be paid by a parent. The court may also propose a revision. The request or court proposal shall set forth in detail the nature of the proposed revision and what new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's disposition. The request or court proposal shall be submitted to the court. The court shall hold a hearing on the matter prior to any revision of the dispositional order if the request or court proposal indicates that new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's dispositional order, unless written waivers of objections to the revision are signed by all parties entitled to receive notice and the court approves.
938.363(1)(b)
(b) If a hearing is held, at least 3 days before the hearing the court shall notify the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, all parties bound by the dispositional order, the juvenile's foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2), and the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered. If the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who is in need of protection or services under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), the court shall also notify the Indian juvenile's Indian custodian and, if that juvenile is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian juvenile's tribe. A copy of the request or proposal shall be attached to the notice. If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing. No revision may extend the effective period of the original order, or revise an original order under s.
938.34 (6) (am) to impose more than a total of 30 days, or under s.
938.34 (3) (f) to impose more than a total of 365 days, of detention, nonsecure custody, or inpatient treatment on a juvenile.
938.363(1)(c)
(c) If the proposed revision is for a change in the amount of child support to be paid by a parent, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent to the court and the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide that statement a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of children and families under s.
49.22 (9) and the manner of its application established by the department of corrections under s.
301.12 (14) (g) and listing the factors under s.
301.12 (14) (c).
938.363(1)(d)
(d) If the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile's parent to the court or if the court orders the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order and that person or agency is not the county department, the court shall also order the juvenile's parent to provide that statement to the county department by a date specified by the court. The county department shall provide, without charge, to the parent a form on which to provide that statement, and the parent shall provide that statement on that form. The county department shall use the information provided in the statement to determine whether the department may claim federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under
42 USC 670 to
679a for the cost of providing care for the juvenile.
938.363(1m)
(1m)
Evidence and statements. If a hearing is held under sub.
(1) (a), any party may present evidence relevant to the issue of revision of the dispositional order. In addition, the court shall give a foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2) of the juvenile 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, relevant to the issue of revision. A foster parent or other physical custodian who receives notice of a hearing under sub.
(1) (a) 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.
938.363(2)
(2)
Revision of support. If the court revises the amount of child support to be paid by a parent under the dispositional order for the care and maintenance of the parent's juvenile who has been placed by a court order under this chapter in a residential, nonmedical facility, the court shall determine the liability of the parent under s.
301.12 (14).
938.364
938.364
Dismissal of certain dispositional orders. A juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered may request the court to dismiss an order under s.
938.342 (2) if the juvenile shows documentary proof that he or she is enrolled in a school program or a high school equivalency program. The court may also propose such a dismissal.
938.364 History
History: 1995 a. 77;
2005 a. 344.
938.365
938.365
Extension of orders. 938.365(1)(1)
Date on which juvenile placed outside home. In this section, a juvenile is considered to have been placed outside of his or her home on the date on which the juvenile was first removed from his or her home, except that a juvenile who was removed from his or her home and first placed in a juvenile detention facility, a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential care center for children and youth for 60 days or more and then moved to a nonsecure out-of-home placement is considered to have been placed outside of his or her home on the date on which the juvenile was moved to the nonsecure out-of-home placement.
938.365(1m)
(1m)
Request for extension. The parent, juvenile, guardian, legal custodian, any person or agency bound by the dispositional order, the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered, the court on its own motion, or, if the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who is in need of protection or services under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), the Indian juvenile's Indian custodian may request an extension of an order under s.
938.355. The request shall be submitted to the court that entered the order. An order under s.
938.355 for placement of a juvenile in detention, nonsecure custody, or inpatient treatment under s.
938.34 (3) (f) or
(6) (am) may not be extended. Other orders or portions of orders under s.
938.355 may be extended only as provided in this section.
938.365(2)
(2)
Notice. No order may be extended without a hearing. The court shall provide notice of the time and place of the hearing to the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, all parties present at the original hearing, the juvenile's foster parent or other physical custodian described in s.
48.62 (2), and the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered. If the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who is in need of protection or services under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), the court shall also notify the Indian juvenile's Indian custodian and, if that juvenile is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian juvenile's tribe.
938.365(2g)(a)(a) At the hearing the person or agency primarily responsible for providing services to the juvenile shall file with the court a written report stating to what extent the dispositional order has been meeting the objectives of the plan for the juvenile's rehabilitation or care and treatment. The office of juvenile offender review may file a written report regarding any juvenile examined by the program.
938.365(2g)(b)
(b) If the juvenile is placed outside of his or her home, the report shall include all of the following:
938.365(2g)(b)1.
1. A copy of the report of the review panel under s.
938.38 (5), if any, and a response to the report from the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the juvenile.
938.365(2g)(b)2.
2. An evaluation of the juvenile's adjustment to the placement and of any progress the juvenile has made, suggestions for amendment of the permanency plan, and specific information showing the efforts that have been made to achieve the permanency goal of the permanency plan, including, if applicable, the efforts of the parents to remedy the factors that contributed to the juvenile's placement.
938.365(2g)(b)3.
3. If the juvenile has been placed outside of his or her home in a foster home, group home, nonsecured residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility for 15 of the most recent 22 months, not including any period during which the juvenile was a runaway from the out-of-home placement or was residing in a trial reunification home, a statement of whether or not a recommendation has been made to terminate the parental rights of the parents of the juvenile. If a recommendation for a termination of parental rights has been made, the statement shall indicate the date on which the recommendation was made, any previous progress made to accomplish the termination of parental rights, any barriers to the termination of parental rights, specific steps to overcome the barriers and when the steps will be completed, reasons why adoption would be in the best interest of the juvenile and whether or not the juvenile should be registered with the adoption information exchange. If a recommendation for termination of parental rights has not been made, the statement shall include an explanation of the reasons why a recommendation for termination of parental rights has not been made. If the lack of appropriate adoptive resources is the primary reason for not recommending a termination of parental rights, the agency shall recommend that the juvenile be registered with the adoption information exchange or report the reason why registering the juvenile is contrary to the best interest of the juvenile.
938.365(2g)(b)4.
4. If the juvenile is an Indian juvenile who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian under s.
938.13 (4),
(6),
(6m), or
(7), specific information showing that active efforts under s.
938.028 (4) (d) 2. have been made to prevent the breakup of the Indian juvenile's family and that those efforts have proved unsuccessful.
938.365(2g)(c)
(c) If the juvenile has not been placed outside the home, the report shall contain a description of efforts that have been made by all parties concerned toward meeting the objectives of treatment, care, or rehabilitation; an explanation of why these efforts have not yet succeeded in meeting the objective; and anticipated future planning for the juvenile.
