Wis. Stat. § 48.345 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.345
Section 48.345
Status: in_force

(d) This subsection does not apply to a child with a disability, as defined under s. 115.76 (5) .

(13)

(a) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child is in need of treatment for the use or abuse of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs and its medical, personal, family or social effects, the court may order the child to enter an outpatient alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program at an approved treatment facility. The approved treatment facility shall, under the terms of a service agreement between the approved treatment facility and the county in a county having a population of less than 750,000 or the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or with the written informed consent of the child or the child’s parent if the child has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child as to whether the child is cooperating with the treatment and whether the treatment appears to be effective.

(b) If the report prepared under s. 48.33 (1) recommends that the child is in need of education relating to the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, the court may order the child to participate in an alcohol or other drug abuse education program approved by the court. The person or agency that provides the education program shall, under the terms of a service agreement between the education program and the county in a county having a population of less than 750,000 or the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or with the written informed consent of the child or the child’s parent if the child has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child about the child’s attendance at the program.

(c) Payment for the court ordered treatment or education under this subsection in counties that have an alcohol and other drug abuse program under s. 48.547 shall be in accordance with s. 48.361 .

(14)

(a) If, based on an evaluation under s. 48.295 and the report under s. 48.33 , the judge finds that the child expectant mother of an unborn child in need of protection or services is in need of inpatient treatment for her habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, that inpatient treatment is appropriate for the child expectant mother’s needs and that inpatient treatment is the least restrictive treatment consistent with the child expectant mother’s needs, the judge may order the child expectant mother to enter an inpatient alcohol or other drug abuse treatment program at an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10) . The inpatient facility shall, under the terms of a service agreement between the inpatient facility and the county in a county having a population of less than 750,000 or the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, or with the written and informed consent of the child expectant mother or the child expectant mother’s parent if the child expectant mother has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child expectant mother as to whether the child expectant mother is cooperating with the treatment and whether the treatment appears to be effective.

(b) Payment for any treatment ordered under par. (a) shall be in accordance with s. 48.361 .

(15) If it appears that an unborn child in need of protection or services may be born during the period of the dispositional order, the judge may order that the child, when born, be provided with any services or care that may be ordered for a child in need of protection or services under this section.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1977 c. 354 ; 1979 c. 300 ; 1987 a. 285 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1993 a. 363 , 377 , 385 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 77 ss. 235 to 237 , 239 , 241 , 249 , 250 , 257 to 263 ; 1995 a. 225 , 448 ; 1997 a. 27 , 80 , 164 , 292 ; 1999 a. 9 , 149 ; 2001 a. 59 , 69 ; 2005 a. 25 , 387 ; 2009 a. 28 , 94 , 185 , 302 , 334 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 172 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 72 , 239 ; 2023 a. 119 , 224 ; 2025 a. 88 .