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Wis. Stat. § 48.47 (2026)
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48.47(3)(3) Trustee duty. When ordered by the court, act as trustee of funds paid for the support of any child if appointed by the court or a circuit court commissioner under s. 767.82 (7).
48.47(4)(4) Education and prevention. Develop and maintain education and prevention programs that the department considers to be proper.
48.47(7)(cm)(cm) Promote the establishment of adequate child care facilities and services in this state by providing start-up grants to newly operating child care facilities and services under rules promulgated by the department.
48.47(7)(d)(d) With the assistance of the judicial conference, develop simplified forms for filing petitions for child abuse restraining orders and injunctions under s. 813.122. The department shall provide these forms to clerks of circuit court without cost.
48.47(7)(f)(f) As part of its biennial budget request under s. 16.42, submit a request for funding for child abuse prevention efforts in an amount equal to or greater than 1 percent of the total proposed budget of the department of corrections for the same biennium, as indicated by the estimate provided by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (14).
48.47(7)(h)(h) Contract for the provision of a centralized unit for determining whether the cost of providing care for a child is eligible for reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a.
48.47(7g)(7g) Statewide automated child welfare information system. Establish a statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c), 938.396 (1) (a) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), the department may enter the content of any record kept or information received by the department into the statewide automated child welfare information system, and a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, the department, or any other organization that has entered into an information sharing and access agreement with the department or any of those county departments and that has been approved for access to the statewide automated child welfare information system by the department may have access to information that is maintained in that system, if necessary to enable the county department, department, or organization to perform its duties under this chapter, ch. 46, 51, 55, or 938, or 42 USC 670 to 679b or to coordinate the delivery of services under this chapter, ch. 46, 51, 55, or 938, or 42 USC 670 to 679b. The department may also transfer information that is maintained in the system to a court under s. 48.396 (3) (bm), and the court and the director of state courts may allow access to that information as provided in s. 48.396 (3) (c) 2. In addition, the department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or any other organization that has entered into an information sharing and access agreement, and that has been approved for access to the system, under this subsection may transfer information about a missing child that is maintained in the system to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children under s. 48.78 (2m) (c) or 938.78 (2m) (c).
48.47(8)(8) Annual reports. Annually, prepare and transmit to the governor, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report on all of the following, which shall be the subject of a public hearing, conducted no less often than annually, by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature:
48.47(8)(a)(a) The status of child abuse and neglect programs and on the status of unborn child abuse programs. The report shall include a full statistical analysis of the child abuse and neglect reports, and the unborn child abuse reports, made through the last calendar year, an evaluation of services offered under this section and their effectiveness, and recommendations for additional legislative and other action to fulfill the purpose of this section. The department shall provide statistical breakdowns by county, if requested by a county.
48.47(8)(b)(b) The number of adoptions under the special needs adoption program granted in the preceding calendar year and the costs to the state for services relating to those adoptions.
48.47(8)(c)(c) The number of children during the preceding calendar year who entered out-of-home care under the placement and care responsibility of a county department or the department under ch. 48 or 938 after finalization of an adoption or guardianship. For each child enumerated in the report, the report may include information concerning the length of the adoption or guardianship, the age of the child at the time of the adoption or guardianship, the age at which the child entered out-of-home care, the type of agency involved in making the adoptive or guardianship placement, and any other information determined necessary to better understand factors associated with a child entering out-of-home care after finalization of an adoption or guardianship.
48.47(8)(d)(d) A summary of information in the summary reports required under s. 48.981 (7) (cr) 3. b., including all of the following:
48.47(8)(d)1.1. Aggregated information from the summary reports transmitted to the governor and appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the preceding calendar year.
48.47(8)(d)2.2. Trends identified by the department in the summary reports transmitted to the governor and appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the preceding calendar year.
48.47(8)(d)3.3. Trends identified by the department based on in-depth practice reviews conducted by the department of incidents for which it received information under s. 48.981 (7) (cr) 2.
48.47(8)(d)4.4. Changes in policies or practices that have been made to address any issues raised in the department’s review of the incidents in the summary reports in the preceding calendar year and recommendations for any further changes in policies, practices, rules, or statutes that may be needed to address those issues.
48.47(9)(9) Citizen review panels. Transmit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) any annual report sent to the department from a citizen review panel established or designated by the department or a county department, and any written response provided by the department to a citizen review panel.
48.47(39)(39) Adolescent programming recommendations. Identify and provide ways to improve coordination of adolescent and parent educational programs and services at the state and local levels by doing all of the following:
48.47(39)(a)(a) Identifying and recommending ways to eliminate governmental barriers to local development of coordinated educational programs and services for adolescents and parents of adolescents.
48.47(39)(b)(b) Identifying and recommending ways to support and involve parents of adolescents in the planning, coordination and delivery of services for adolescents.
48.47 HistoryHistory: 2007 a. 20 ss. 804, 805, 807 to 809, 823, 1268 to 1271; 2007 a. 96; 2009 a. 28, 180, 185, 338; 2011 a. 270; 2015 a. 368; 2015 a. 381 ss. 4, 9; 2021 a. 147, 148.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1960–1985 · leading case: In Interest of Dh v. State, 251 N.W.2d 196 (Wis. 1977).
In Interest of Dh v. State, 251 N.W.2d 196 (Wis. 1977). “" This order was appealed to the circuit court pursuant to sec. 48.47, Stats. On March 14, 1975, the circuit court rendered its memorandum decision affirming the order waiving juvenile jurisdiction over D.”
State Ex Rel. A. E. v. Circuit Court for Green Lake Cnty., 288 N.W.2d 125 (Wis. 1980). “[1] Petitioner previously petitioned the court of appeals for a writ of prohibition which the court of appeals denied on the ground that petitioner had an adequate remedy by appeal pursuant *100 to sec. 48.47, Stats. Sec. 48.47, Stats., provides for an appeal to the court of…”
State Dep't of Pub. Welfare v. Johnson, 100 N.W.2d 383 (Wis. 1960). “The first sentence above quoted from sec. 48.47, Stats., differs from the bill only in that the bill had called for an appeal directly to the supreme court rather than to the circuit court of the same county.”
State Ex Rel. Lewis v. Lutheran Soc. Servs. of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan, 207 N.W.2d 826 (Wis. 1973). “[17] Sec. 48.47, Stats., providing: "Any person aggrieved by an adjudication of the county court under this chapter and directly affected thereby has the right to appeal to the circuit court of the same county within 40 days of the entry of the order .”
In Matter of Termination of Parental Rights to Kegel, 271 N.W.2d 114 (Wis. 1978). “Mary Beth and the guardian ad litem appealed to the circuit court pursuant to sec. 48.47, Stats. On December *579 7, 1976, the circuit court remanded the case to the juvenile court for written findings, conclusions, and a judgment.”
Interest of G.B.K. v. State, 376 N.W.2d 385 (Wis. Ct. App. 1985). “, or sec. 48.47, Stats. State ex rel. A.E. v. Green Lake County Cir.”
Interest of L. L. v. Circuit Court of Washington Cnty., 280 N.W.2d 343 (Wis. Ct. App. 1979). “On October 19, 1978, the circuit court dismissed the appeal because sec. 48.47, Stats. (1975), only provided for appeals from an adjudication of delinquency.”
State v. Lewandowski, 364 N.W.2d 550 (Wis. Ct. App. 1985). “It also concluded that juvenile waiver orders were not “adjudications” under sec. 48.47, Stats., because they did not go to the merits of the case.”
State v. Waters, 135 N.W.2d 768 (Wis. 1965). “Johnson involved a construction of sec. 48.47, Stats., which permitted anyone aggrieved by an adjudication of the juvenile court to appeal to the circuit court of the same county.”
Ginn v. Superior Court, in & for Cnty. of Pima, 404 P.2d 721 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1965). “§ 37-9-15; Wis.Stat.Ann. 48.47. 3 . Subsequent to these decisions, the Tennessee Code was amended to provide for appeals from juvenile court orders.”
State Ex Rel. Lewis v. Lutheran Soc. Servs., 178 N.W.2d 56 (Wis. 1970). “" Sec. 48.47, Stats. *437 Here, on December 5, 1968, the petitioner petitioned the county court of La Crosse county for an order vacating its earlier order terminating the parental rights of the child's mother and appointing Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin as guardian of…”
In Re Interest of Frw (A Minor), 212 N.W.2d 130 (Wis. 1973). “A review of a discretionary determination of a juvenile court judge should first be to the circuit court of the same county and in conformance with the procedural requirements of sec. 48.47, Stats. Constitutionality of sec.”
— Wis. Stat. § 48.47(1) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. A. E. v. Circuit Court for Green Lake Cnty., 288 N.W.2d 125 (Wis. 1980). “[1] Petitioner previously petitioned the court of appeals for a writ of prohibition which the court of appeals denied on the ground that petitioner had an adequate remedy by appeal pursuant *100 to sec. 48.47, Stats. Sec. 48.47, Stats., provides for an appeal to the court of…”
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