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Wis. Stat. § 48.16 (2026)

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

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48.1648.16 Jurisdiction over petitions for waiver of parental consent to a minor’s abortion. Any circuit court within this state has jurisdiction over a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7) for waiver of the parental consent requirement under s. 48.375 (4).
48.16 HistoryHistory: 1991 a. 263.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: State v. Corey J.G., 572 N.W.2d 845 (Wis. 1998).
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State v. Corey J.G., 572 N.W.2d 845 (Wis. 1998). · cites it 12× “Pursuant to Chapter 575 of the Laws of Wisconsin, 1955, the venue provisions for juvenile delinquency proceedings were recreated and renumbered as Wis. Stat. § 48.16 (1955). See § 7, ch. 575, *413 Laws of 1955.”
State Ex Rel. Koopman v. Waukesha Co. Ct. Judges, 157 N.W.2d 623 (Wis. 1968). · cites it 2× “[1] Sec. 48.16, Stats. [2] Report of Wisconsin Legislative Council, Vol.”
Gibson v. State, 177 N.W.2d 912 (Wis. 1970). “where the violation occurred” (sec. 48.16, Stats.). *815 Thus, if Gibson had been charged with delinquency in Milwaukee county for a Waukesha county act, that court would, in the exercise of its jurisdiction, be a proper venue for the exercise of the waiver of juvenile…”
State Ex Rel. Rickli v. Cnty. Court of Dane Cnty., 123 N.W.2d 908 (Wis. 1963). · cites it 2× “Presence of the child in the county is sufficient under sec. 48.16, Stats. Sec. 48.19, Stats., contemplates a preliminary consideration of a child’s case by the juvenile court before the court authorizes the filing of a petition, and the court may dispose *94 of the matter…”
Josh Kaul v. Joel Urmanski, as DA for Sheboygan Cnty., WI, 2025 WI 32 (Wis. 2025). “§§ 48.16, 809.105. 9 KAUL v. URMANSKI Opinion of the Court that physicians who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital “within 30 miles of the location where the abortion is to be performed.”
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