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Wis. Stat. § 53.43 (2026)
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53.43(1)(1) Upon registration of a guardianship order from another state, the guardian of the person or guardian of the estate may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian of the person or of the estate is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.
53.43(2)(2) A court of this state may grant any relief available under this chapter and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1974–2000 · leading case: State v. Moore, 481 N.W.2d 633 (Wis. 1992).
State v. Moore, 481 N.W.2d 633 (Wis. 1992). “Individuals convicted of a battery and sentenced to the maximum nine month sentence will be released from jail in six months and 23 days pursuant to sec. 53.43, Stats., unless they violate certain jail rules and regulations.”
State v. Fearing, 2000 WI App 229 (Wis. Ct. App. 2000). “43, Wis. Stat. § 53.43 (1973), as not applying to persons confined in jail as a condition of probation.”
Prue v. State, 216 N.W.2d 43 (Wis. 1974). “The statement in the judgment “with no good time given” was superfluous but did, perhaps, serve as a warning to the authorities that Prue was not entitled to good time under sec. 53.43, Stats., 1 because he was on probation and not serving a sentence.”
Opinion No. Oag 20-85, (1985), 74 Op. Att'y Gen. 96 (Wis. Att'y Gen. 1985). “ZWIEG, District Attorney Clark County You have requested my opinion on the question whether a person sentenced to the county jail for remedial contempt of court is eligible for "good time" against his sentence under section 53.43, Stats. Inmates of county jails generally are…”
State v. Meddaugh, 435 N.W.2d 269 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “However, Prue considered the interaction of sec. 53.43, Stats., which provides for "good time" credit against sentences, and sec.”
State v. Maron, 571 N.W.2d 454 (Wis. Ct. App. 1997). “In Prue , the court decided that the diminution of sentence for good behavior for inmates in county jails, as provided in § 53.43, Stats., 1971-73, did not apply to persons serving jail time as a condition of probation.”
State v. Mentzel, 581 N.W.2d 581 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “2d 43, 45 (1974), the supreme court held that probation is not a sentence for purposes of the "good time" statute, § 53.43, STATS., 1973-74. However, in State v.”
State v. Firkus, 350 N.W.2d 82 (Wis. 1984). “Sec. 53.43, Stats. Consequently, given good time, if a misdemeanant is sentenced to nine months in prison, he will at most have to serve about seven and a half months, or a little more than two hundred days.”
State v. Johnson, 305 N.W.2d 188 (Wis. Ct. App. 1981). “Under sec. 53.43, Stats., pertaining to computation of good time credit for county jail inmates, an inmate is eligible for credit of up to two and one-half months on a ten month sentence.”
State v. Moore, 467 N.W.2d 201 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). “See sec. 53.43, Stats. Regardless of what portion of it actually is served, however, the sentence itself is still nine months.”
Opinion No. Oag 9-89, (1989), 78 Op. Att'y Gen. 44 (Wis. Att'y Gen. 1989). “Sec. 53.43, Stats. Consequently, the argument that consecutive sentences in a county jail are separate and distinct is supported by the fact that not even the only statutory exception permitting the aggregating of sentences is applicable to individuals serving sentences in a…”
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