Case Title: Waukesha County v. J.J.H.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 2018AP000168

State: wisconsin

Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 2020-02-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
2020 WI 22 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2018AP168 
 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
In the matter of the temporary guardianship and 
protective placement of J.J.H.: 
 
Waukesha County, 
          Petitioner-Respondent, 
     v. 
J.J.H., 
          Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner. 
 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
February 27, 2020   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
February 10, 2020   
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
Circuit    
 
COUNTY: 
Waukesha   
 
JUDGE: 
Lloyd Carter   
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
DALLET, J. dissents. 
NOT PARTICIPATING: 
ANN WALSH BRADLEY and HAGEDORN, JJ.    
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
 
For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs 
filed by Colleen D. Ball, assistant state public defender. There 
was an oral argument by Colleen D. Ball. 
 
For the petitioner-respondent, there was a brief filed by 
Robert J. Mueller, Wauskeha. There was an oral argument by Robert 
J. Mueller. 
 
An amicus curiae briefs was filed on behalf of Association 
for the Rights of Citizens with Handicaps, Disability Rights 
 
 
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Wisconsin, National Disability Rights Network, and National 
Association of the Deaf by Susan R. Tyndall and Habush, Habush & 
Rottier, S.C. 
 
 
2020 WI 22 
 
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2018AP168 
(L.C. No. 
2017ME589) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
In the matter of the temporary guardianship and 
protective placement of J.J.H.: 
 
 
 
Waukesha County, 
 
          Petitioner-Respondent, 
 
     v. 
 
J.J.H., 
 
          Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner. 
 
FILED 
 
FEB 27, 2020 
 
Sheila T. Reiff 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  Dismissed as 
improvidently granted. 
 
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PER CURIAM.   J.J.H. petitioned for review of the 
decision of the court of appeals, Waukesha Cty. v. J.J.H., No. 
2018AP168, unpublished order (Wis. Ct. App. Jan. 30, 2019), 
dismissing her appeal as moot.  After reviewing the record and the 
briefs of both parties, and after hearing oral arguments, we 
conclude this matter should be dismissed as improvidently granted. 
No. 
2018AP168   
 
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By the Court.—The review of the decision of the court of 
appeals is dismissed as improvidently granted. 
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ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., withdrew from participation. 
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BRIAN HAGEDORN, J., did not participate. 
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REBECCA FRANK DALLET, J., dissents. 
 
 
No. 
2018AP168   
 
 
 
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