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Wis. Stat. § 53.01 (2026)
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53.0153.01 Purpose; construction. This chapter applies to the process of determining jurisdiction over the person for the purpose of a guardianship proceeding or matter. The chapter is intended to supplement but not replace the procedure for petitioning for a guardianship under ch. 54 and for protective placement or services under ch. 55. The purpose of this chapter is to resolve potential conflicts regarding jurisdiction between states and to make uniform the laws with respect to this chapter among those states. To the extent there is a conflict in procedure between this chapter and the provisions of ch. 54 or 55, the procedures in ch. 54 or 55 supersede the conflicting provision of this chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: Pruitt v. State, 114 N.W.2d 148 (Wis. 1962).
Pruitt v. State, 114 N.W.2d 148 (Wis. 1962). “The Wisconsin home for women and the Wisconsin state reformatory are state prisons, sec. 53.01, Stats., and under some circumstances a male person may be sentenced to the state reformatory if convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail or house of…”
In Interest of BM, 303 N.W.2d 601 (Wis. 1981). “” Sands, 2A Sutherland On Statutes And Statutory Construction, §53.01 (4th ed. (1973)). For example, sec.”
In Interest of CDM, 370 N.W.2d 287 (Wis. Ct. App. 1985). “See sec. 53.01, Stats. They dispute whether Lincoln Hills is a detention facility.”
Douglas Cnty. v. N. J. M. (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “§ 53.23(1)-(3). Relevant here, a court has personal jurisdiction if, [o]n the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and any of the following is satisfied: (a) The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent’s home state…”
Opinion No. Oag 15-80, (1980), 69 Op. Att'y Gen. 52 (Wis. Att'y Gen. 1980). “Section 53.01, Stats., lists several correctional institutions, and provides that they are state prisons.”
Opinion No. Oag 52-82, (1982), 71 Op. Att'y Gen. 170 (Wis. Att'y Gen. 1982). “sec. 53.01, Stats., as amended by ch. 20, Laws of 1981, which designates the "Wisconsin Resource Center" as one of the state prisons.”
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