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WI Stat § 48.423 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.423 - Rights of persons alleging paternity.

48.423  Rights of persons alleging paternity. (1) Rights to paternity determination. If a person appears at the hearing and claims that he is the father of the child, the court shall set a date for a hearing on the issue of paternity or, if all parties agree, the court may immediately commence hearing testimony concerning the issue of paternity. The court shall inform the person claiming to be the father of the child of any right to counsel under s. 48.23. The person claiming to be the father of the child must prove paternity by clear and convincing evidence. A person who establishes his paternity of the child under this section may further participate in the termination of parental rights proceeding only if the person meets the conditions specified in sub. (2) or meets a condition specified in s. 48.42 (2) (b) or (bm). (2)  Rights of out-of-state fathers. A person who may be the father of a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803 and whose paternity has not been established may contest the petition, present evidence relevant to the issue of disposition, and make alternative dispositional recommendations if the person appears at the hearing, establishes paternity under sub. (1), and proves all of the following by a preponderance of the evidence:(a) That the person resides and has resided in another state where the mother of the child resided or was located at the time of or after the conception of the child.(b) That the mother left that state without notifying or informing that person that she could be located in this state.(c) That the person attempted to locate the mother through every reasonable means, but did not know or have reason to know that the mother was residing or located in this state.(d) That the person has complied with the requirements of the state where the mother previously resided or was located to protect and preserve his paternal interests in matters affecting the child.History:  1979 c. 330; 2005 a. 293; 2007 a. 96, 97.
WI Stat § 48.426 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.426 - Standard and factors.

48.426  Standard and factors. (1) Court considerations. In making a decision about the appropriate disposition under s. 48.427, the court shall consider the standard and factors enumerated in this section and any report submitted by an agency under s. 48.425. (2)  Standard. The best interests of the child shall be the prevailing factor considered by the court in determining the disposition of all proceedings under this subchapter. (3)  Factors. In considering the best interests of the child under this section the court shall consider but not be limited to the following:(a) The likelihood of the child's adoption after termination.(b) The age and health of the child, both at the time of the disposition and, if applicable, at the time the child was removed from the home.(c) Whether the child has substantial relationships with the parent or other family members, and whether it would be harmful to the child to sever these relationships.(d) The wishes of the child.(e) The duration of the separation of the parent from the child.(f) Whether the child will be able to enter into a more stable and permanent family relationship as a result of the termination, taking into account the conditions of the child's current placement, the likelihood of future placements and the results of prior placements.History:  1979 c. 330.When grandparents opposing termination had a substantial relationship with the child and wished to participate in the proceedings, it was error to exclude their testimony in determining the child's best interest. In Interest of Brandon S.S., 179 Wis. 2d 114, 507 N.W.2d 94 (1993).A termination of parental rights works a legal severance of the relationship between the child and the child's birth family. Sub. (3) (c) requires an examination of the harmful effect of the legal severance on the child's relationships with the birth family. The court may consider an adoptive parent's promise to continue the relationship, but it is not bound to hinge its determination on that legally unenforceable promise. State v. Margaret H., 2000 WI 42, 234 Wis. 2d 606, 610 N.W.2d 475, 99-1441.
WI Stat § 48.435 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.435 - Custody of children.

48.435  Custody of children. The mother of a nonmarital child has legal custody of the child unless the court grants legal custody to another person or transfers legal custody to an agency.History:  1979 c. 330; 1983 a. 447.
WI Stat § 48.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.44 - Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.

48.44  Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older. The court has jurisdiction over persons 17 years of age or older as provided under ss. 48.133, 48.355 (4), 48.357 (6), 48.365 (5), and 48.45 and as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.History:  1971 c. 213 s. 5; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 354; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 121; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 35, 292; 2013 a. 334.
WI Stat § 48.465 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.465 - Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal.

48.465  Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal. (1) Appeal by respondent. A motion for postdisposition relief from a final order or judgment by a person subject to this chapter shall be made in the time and manner provided in ss. 809.30 to 809.32. An appeal from a final order or judgment entered under this chapter or from an order denying a motion for postdisposition relief by a person subject to this chapter shall be taken in the time and manner provided in ss. 808.04 (3) and 809.30 to 809.32. The person shall file a motion for postdisposition relief in circuit court before a notice of appeal is filed unless the grounds for seeking relief are sufficiency of the evidence or issues previously raised. (2)  Appeal by state. An appeal by the state from a final judgment or order under this chapter may be taken to the court of appeals within the time specified in s. 808.04 (4) and in the manner provided for civil appeals under chs. 808 and 809. (3)  Exceptions. This section does not apply to a termination of parental rights case under s. 48.43, to a parental consent to abortion case under s. 48.375 (7), or to a guardianship proceeding under s. 48.9795.History:  2009 a. 26; 2019 a. 109.
WI Stat § 48.468 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.468 - Purpose of department.

48.468  Purpose of department. The purpose of the department is to focus on integrating the child welfare, child care, and child support services provided in this state and the services provided under the Wisconsin Works program and on increasing collaboration and efficiency in providing those services.History:  2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 48.481 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.481 - Grants for children's community programs.

48.481  Grants for children's community programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (bc), the department shall distribute the following grants for children's community programs: (1)  Foster care placement continuation.  (a) The department shall distribute foster care continuation grants in each fiscal year to counties for the purpose of supplementing payments for the care of an individual who attains age 18 after 1986 and who resided in a home licensed under s. 48.62 for at least 2 years immediately prior to attaining age 18 and, for at least 2 years, received payments for exceptional circumstances in order to avoid institutionalization, as provided under rules promulgated by the department, so that the individual may live in a family home or other noninstitutional situation after attaining age 18. No county may use funds provided under this paragraph to replace funds previously used by the county for this purpose. Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, a county is eligible to receive funding under this paragraph only if the county received such funding in fiscal year 2012-13.(b) A county shall evaluate the proposed living arrangement of an individual under par. (a) to determine whether that living arrangement is cost-effective compared to other care reasonably available to the county including other community care as well as institutional care. If the proposed living arrangement is not cost-effective, the county may not use funds distributed under par. (a) for the care of that individual in the proposed living arrangement. A county shall evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the living arrangement of an individual for whom funds are provided under par. (a) at least once every 5 years. (2)  Transition to a successful adulthood. The department shall distribute at least $231,700 in each fiscal year for the purpose of assisting individuals who attain the age of 18 while residing in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or in a supervised independent living arrangement to make the transition from out-of-home care to a successful adulthood. No county may use funds provided under this subsection to replace funds previously used by the county for this purpose.History:  1999 a. 9, 149; 2003 a. 33; 2007 a. 20 ss. 1117 to 1121; Stats. 2007 s. 48.481; 2009 a. 28; 2013 a. 20, 334; 2015 a. 128; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 48.485 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.485 - Transfer of Indian children to department for adoption.

48.485  Transfer of Indian children to department for adoption. (1) If the department accepts guardianship or legal custody or both from a tribal court under s. 48.48 (3m), the department shall seek a permanent adoptive placement for the child or seek to enter into a subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) with a proposed guardian of the child and petition the court for the appointment of that individual as the guardian of the child under s. 48.977 (2) or under a substantially similar tribal law. (2) If a permanent adoptive or subsidized guardianship placement is not in progress within 2 years after entry of the termination of parental rights order by the tribal court, the department may petition the tribal court to transfer legal custody or guardianship of the Indian child back to the Indian tribe, except that the department may not petition the tribal court to transfer back to an Indian tribe legal custody or guardianship of an Indian child who was initially taken into custody under s. 48.195 (1).History:  1989 a. 31; 2005 a. 296; 2009 a. 94; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 48.527 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.527 - Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities.

48.527  Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (ck), the department shall allocate an amount equal to 15 percent of a county's allocation in the preceding fiscal year under s. 48.526 or $750,000, whichever is less, in additional funds for a county that operates a secured residential care center for children and youth that was funded by a grant under 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 110 (4), and that serves juveniles from more than one county.History:  2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8.
WI Stat § 48.528 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.528 - Community intervention program.

48.528  Community intervention program. (1) In each fiscal year, the department shall distribute the amount appropriated under s. 20.437 (1) (cm) to counties for early intervention services for first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic offenders. (2) To determine eligibility for a payment under sub. (1), the department shall require a county to submit a plan for the expenditure of that payment that ensures that the county targets the programs to be funded under that payment appropriately. (3) The department shall distribute 33 percent of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the violent Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the department of justice, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department shall distribute 33 percent of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department shall distribute 34 percent of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) based on each county's proportion of the total Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the department of justice, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. History:  2015 a. 55 ss. 4295, 4297 to 4299; Stats. 2015 s. 48.528.
WI Stat § 48.548 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.548 - Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria.

48.548  Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria. The department shall make the multidisciplinary screen developed under s. 48.547 (3) and the assessment criteria developed under s. 48.547 (4) available to all counties.History:  1987 a. 339.
WI Stat § 48.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.55 - State adoption information exchange and state adoption center.

48.55  State adoption information exchange and state adoption center. (1) The department shall establish a state adoption information exchange for the purpose of finding adoptive homes for children with special needs who do not have permanent homes and a state adoption center for the purposes of increasing public knowledge of adoption and promoting to adolescents and pregnant women the availability of adoption services. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (dg), the department may provide not more than $171,300 in each fiscal year as grants to individuals and private agencies to provide adoption information exchange services and to operate the state adoption center. (2) The department shall promulgate rules governing the adoption information exchange and rules specifying the functions of the state adoption center. The rules specifying the functions of the state adoption center shall include all of the following:(a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents including school counselors, county or department employees providing child welfare services under s. 48.56 or 48.561 and employees of a clinic providing family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b).(b) Seeking persons to undergo training.(c) Operating a toll-free telephone number to provide information and referral services.(d) Distributing pamphlets which provide information on the availability of adoption services.(e) Promoting adoption through the communications media.History:  1983 a. 27; 1995 a. 266; 1997 a. 35; 1999 a. 9 ss. 1135 to 1139; 2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 48.56 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.56 - Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000.

48.56  Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000. (1) Each county having a population of less than 750,000 shall provide child welfare services through its county department. (2) Each county department shall employ personnel who devote all or part of their time to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under ch. 457. (3) This section shall not apply to those counties which had child welfare services administered by the staff of the juvenile court prior to January 1, 1955.History:  1975 c. 307; 1977 c. 271; 1985 a. 176; 1991 a. 160; 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 48.561 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.561 - Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.

48.561  Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. (1) The department shall provide child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. (2) The department shall employ personnel in a county having a population of 750,000 or more who devote all of their time directly or indirectly to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers certified under ch. 457.  (3) (a) A county having a population of 750,000 or more shall contribute $58,893,500 in each state fiscal year for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department. That contribution shall be made as follows:1. Through a reduction of $37,209,200 from the amounts distributed to that county under ss. 46.40 (2) and 48.563 (2) in each state fiscal year.2. Through a reduction of $1,583,000 from the amount distributed to that county under s. 46.40 (2m) (a) in each state fiscal year.3. Through a deduction of $20,101,300 from any state payment due that county under s. 79.02 (1), as provided in par. (b).(b) The department of administration shall collect the amount specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 750,000 or more by deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under s. 79.02 (1). The department of administration shall notify the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount to be deducted from the state payments due under s. 79.02 (1). The department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall notify the county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The department may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until the amounts in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted.History:  1997 a. 27, 237; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20; 2021 a. 1.
WI Stat § 48.562 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.562 - Milwaukee child welfare partnership council.

48.562  Milwaukee child welfare partnership council. (1) The Milwaukee child welfare partnership council shall do all of the following:(ag) Hold at least one public hearing each year at which the council shall encourage public participation and solicit public input regarding the child welfare system in Milwaukee County.(am) Recommend policies and plans for the improvement of the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those policies and plans to the department under par. (dm).(b) Recommend measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the child welfare system in Milwaukee County, including outcome measures, and submit its recommendations with respect to those measures to the department under par. (dm).(c) Recommend funding priorities for the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those funding priorities to the department under par. (dm).(d) Identify innovative public and private funding opportunities for the child welfare system in Milwaukee County and submit its recommendations with respect to those funding opportunities to the department under par. (dm).(dm) Annually, submit a report of its recommendations under pars. (am) to (d) to the department, which within 60 days after receiving the report shall prepare a response to those recommendations and transmit the report, together with its response, to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).(e) Advise the department in planning, and providing technical assistance and capacity building to support, a neighborhood-based system for the delivery of child welfare services in Milwaukee County. (2m) Any restructuring of the subunit of the department responsible for administering child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more shall not affect the duties and responsibilities of the Milwaukee child welfare partnership council specified in sub. (1).History:  1995 a. 303; 1997 a. 27; 2007 a. 20 s. 799; Stats. 2007 s. 48.562; 2009 a. 337; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 48.565 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.565 - Carry-over of children and family aids funds.

48.565  Carry-over of children and family aids funds. (1) Funds allocated by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d) but not spent or encumbered by counties by December 31 of each year lapse to the general fund on the succeeding January 1 unless carried forward to the next calendar year under s. 20.437 (1) (b) or as follows:(a) At the request of a county, the department shall carry forward to the next calendar year up to 3 percent of the total amount allocated to the county under s. 48.569 (1) (d) for a calendar year.(b) At the request of a county, the department shall carry forward to the next calendar year up to 10 percent of the total amount allocated to the county under s. 48.569 (1) (d) for a calendar year if the department agrees that an emergency or other circumstance that was unforeseen when the original allocation to the county was made necessitates the carryover. (2) (a) The department may bill a county or deduct from a county's allocation under s. 48.563 (2) for the costs of implementing and operating the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 48.47 (7g). All moneys received by the department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (j).(b) A county may not use any moneys distributed under s. 48.563 (2) to supplant any other moneys expended by the county for services and projects to assist children and families in a base year determined by the department.  (7) The amount of funds carried forward from the preceding calendar year at the request of a county under sub. (1) (a) or (b) does not affect the determination of that county's share of the funding allocated under s. 48.563 (2) for a calendar year. (8) A county shall use funds carried forward under this section for services provided to children and families and not for the county's general administrative costs. History:  2007 a. 20 ss. 1106 to 1109, 1288; 2009 a. 94; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 172.
WI Stat § 48.568 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 48 - Children's code.|48.568 - Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare.

48.568  Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare. Subject to s. 48.563 (1) (b) and (c), if the department receives unanticipated federal foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 48.563 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 48.563. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 48.563, only with the approval of the committee.History:  2007 a. 20.