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Children's code.

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Title and legislative purpose.

Definitions.

Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.

Employees of court.

Services for court.

Additional sources of court services.

Duties of person furnishing services to court.

Representation of the interests of the public.

Electronic filing.

Guardianship.

Declaration of paternal interest in matters affecting children.

Child custody jurisdiction.

Indian child welfare.

Pregnancy testing prohibited.

Court; Menominee and Shawano counties.

Powers and duties of intake workers.

Powers and duties of disposition staff.

Power of the judge to act as intake worker.

Advisory board.

Jurisdiction over children alleged to be in need of protection or services.

Jurisdiction over other matters relating to children.

Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody.

Jurisdiction over petitions for waiver of parental consent to a minor's abortion.

Taking a child into custody.

Release or delivery of child from custody.

Hearing for child in custody.

Right to counsel.

Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry.

Petition: authorization to file.

Notice; summons.

Failure to obey summons; capias.

Substitution of judge.

Plea hearing.

Fact-finding hearing.

Consent decree.

Court reports.

Effect of judgment and disposition.

Payment for services.

Costs and fees.

Permanency planning.

Definitions.

Voluntary consent to termination of parental rights.

Procedure.

Court orders; contents and effect; review.

Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.

Orders applicable to adults.

New evidence; relief from judgment terminating parental rights.

Duties of department.

Authority of department.

Facilities for care of children and adult expectant mothers in care of department.

State adoption information exchange and state adoption center.

Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000.

Powers and duties of department and county departments providing child welfare services.

County children's home in populous counties.

Examination and records.

Child welfare agencies licensed.

Powers and duties of child welfare agencies.

Licensing of foster homes; rates.

Restrictions on placements.

Placement of children in out-of-home care.

Child care centers licensed; fees.

Licensing duties of the department.

Rules governing child welfare agencies, child care centers, foster homes, group homes, shelter care facilities, and county departments.

Investigation of applicant; issuing of license.

Probationary licenses.

Provisions of licenses.

Appeal procedure.

Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs.

Authority of department to investigate alleged violations.

Foster homes licensed by public licensing agencies and by child welfare agencies.

Penalties.

Injunction against violations.

Confidentiality of records.

Powers of the department.

Municipalities may sponsor activities.

Who may be adopted.

Who may adopt.

Jurisdiction and venue.

Preadoption preparation for proposed adoptive parents.

Recommendation of guardian.

Notice of hearing; investigation.

Recommendation of the department.

Filing of adoption petition; preadoption residence.

Hearing; order.

Effect of adoption.

Records closed.

New birth record.

Withdrawal or denial of petition.

Subsequent adoption.

Adoption and guardianship orders of other jurisdictions.

Interstate placement of children.

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.

Jurisdiction over unborn children in need of protection or services and the expectant mothers of those unborn children.

Referral of children and expectant mothers of unborn children to proceedings under chapter 51 or 55.

Venue.

Taking an adult expectant mother into custody.

Taking a newborn child into custody.

Release or delivery of adult expectant mother from custody.

Criteria for holding a child or expectant mother in physical custody.

Places where a child or expectant mother may be held in nonsecure custody.

Criteria for holding a child in a juvenile detention facility.

Criteria for holding a child in a county jail.

Hearing for adult expectant mother in custody.

Mother-young child care program.

Change in placement; child or expectant mother held in custody.

Runaway homes.

Five-county pilot program.

Guardian ad litem.

Court-appointed special advocate.

Basic rights: duty of intake worker.

Informal disposition.

Petition; form and content.

Petition to initiate a procedure to waive parental consent prior to a minor's abortion.

Amendment of petition.

Service of summons or notice; expense.

Parents' contribution to cost of court and legal services.

Discovery.

Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination.

Motions before trial.

Procedures at hearings.

Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a child or expectant mother.

Delays, continuances and extensions.

Jeopardy.

Dispositional hearings.

Disposition of child or unborn child of child expectant mother adjudged in need of protection or services.

Disposition of unborn child of adult expectant mother adjudged in need of protection or services.

Dispositional orders.

Duty of court to warn.

Change in placement; child or expectant mother subject to dispositional order.

Trial reunification.

Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services.

Payment for certain special treatment or care services.

Revision of dispositional orders.

Extension of orders.

Extended out-of-home care.

Continuation of dispositional orders.

Access to certain information by substitute care provider.

Medical authorization.

Parental consent required prior to abortion; judicial waiver procedure.

Reasonable and prudent parent standard.

Plan for transition to independent living.

Records.

Grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights.

Petition for termination of parental rights; when required.

Hearing on the petition.

Rights of persons alleging paternity.

Fact-finding hearing.

Court report by an agency.

Standard and factors.

Dispositions.

Access to medical information.

Access to identifying information about parents.

Release of identifying information by an agency when authorization is granted.

Custody of children.

Change in placement; posttermination of parental rights.

Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal.

Purpose of department.

Grants for children's community programs.

Transfer of Indian children to department for adoption.

Tribal family services.

Community youth and family aids.

Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities.

Community intervention program.

Brighter futures initiative.

Family treatment court grant program.

Alcohol and other drug abuse program.

Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria.

Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.

Milwaukee child welfare partnership council.

Children and family aids funding.

Carry-over of children and family aids funds.

Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare.

Distribution of children and family aids funds to counties.

Shelter care facilities; general supervision and inspection by department.

Shelter care facilities; establishment, approval, inspection.

Definitions.

Child welfare agency licensing fees.

Definition.

Subsidized guardianships.

Licensing of group homes; fees.

Foster parent insurance and liability.

Foster care aid.

Second-chance homes.

Certification of child care providers.

Information for child care providers.

Parental access.

Parent's right to know.

Child care center reports.

Child safety alarms in child care vehicles.

Child care quality rating system.

Criminal history and child abuse record search.

Criminal history and child abuse record search; child care.

Sanctions and penalties.

Immunization requirements; child care centers.

Lead screening, inspection and reduction requirements; child care centers.

Community living arrangements for children.

Formal complaints regarding child welfare agencies and group homes.

Advertising related to adoption.

Appointment of guardian for child without a living parent for adoptability finding.

Transfer of guardianship upon revocation of guardian's license or contract.

Placement of children for adoption by the department, county departments, and child welfare agencies.

Placement of children with relatives or siblings for adoption by the department, county departments, and child welfare agencies.

Placement of children with relatives for adoption.

Placement of children with nonrelatives for adoption.

Foreign adoption fees.

Adoption of foreign children.

Persons required to file recommendation as to adoption.

Filing of recommendation by guardian.

Payments by adoptive or proposed adoptive parents to a birth parent or child or on behalf of a birth parent or child.

Adoption appeals given preference.

Visitation rights of certain persons.

Adoption assistance.

Appointment of guardians for certain children in need of protection or services.

Appointment or designation of standby guardian of a child.

Delegation of power by parent.

Abused or neglected children and abused unborn children.

Child abuse and neglect prevention board.

Child abuse and neglect prevention program.

Child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse services.

Earnings of self-supporting minors.

Interstate compact on the placement of children.

Interstate compact on the placement of children: additional procedure.

Expediting interstate placements of children.

Section
48.9875

Minor consent for housing.

Section
48.9895

Withdrawal from Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.

Section
48.9985

Interstate adoption agreements.