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Wis. Stat. § 55.02 (2026)
Protective services and protective placement: duties
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55.02(1)(a)1.1. Cooperate with county departments to develop and operate a coordinated, statewide system for protective services and protective placement. The protective services and protective placement system shall be designed to encourage independent living and to avoid protective placement whenever possible.
55.02(1)(a)2.2. Monitor and supervise the implementation and operation of the protective services and protective placement system.
55.02(1)(a)3.3. Provide technical assistance to county departments providing protective services and protective placement.
55.02(1)(b)(b) The department may provide protective services and protective placement directly or contract for the provision of protective services or protective placement.
55.02(2)(a)(a) The chairperson of each county board of supervisors shall designate a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 that is providing services in the county on its own or through a joint mechanism with another county department or county to have the responsibility for planning for the provision of protective services and protective placement and for directly providing protective services, protective placement, or both, or entering into a contract under s. 46.036 with a responsible agency for the provision of protective services, protective placement, or both.
55.02(2)(b)(b) In addition to the responsibilities specified in par. (a), the county department shall:
55.02(2)(b)2.2. Prepare and submit reports required by the department, or by a court if protective services or protective placement are ordered by a court.
55.02(2)(b)3.3. Develop requirements for submittal by guardians of the person of reports to the county department under s. 54.25 (1) (a).
55.02(2)(b)4.4. Designate at least one appropriate medical facility or protective placement facility as an intake facility for the purpose of emergency protective placements under s. 55.135.
55.02(3)(3) Corporation counsel. The corporation counsel of the county in which the petition is brought may or, if requested by the court, shall assist in conducting proceedings under this chapter.
55.02 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 284; 1975 c. 393; 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 379; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (56); 1985 a. 176; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (3); 1993 a. 445; 2001 a. 103; 2005 a. 264 ss. 80, 116; 2005 a. 387, 388; 2007 a. 45.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Cnty. of Dunn v. Goldie H., 2001 WI 102 (Wis. 2001).
Cnty. of Dunn v. Goldie H., 2001 WI 102 (Wis. 2001). “" Wis. Stat. § 55.02 . ¶ 30. Some type of hearing is necessary to ensure that these goals are attained.”
In Matter of Guardianship of Agnes T., 507 N.W.2d 373 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). “" Section 55.02, Stats. Consistent with that policy, the legislature has enacted requirements to be met whenever protective placement is sought.”
State v. Trongeau, 400 N.W.2d 12 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986). “Singer, Sutherland Statutory Construction § 55.02 (rev. 4th ed. 1984). The statutes do not expressly confer review authority upon a circuit court from the orders of a court commissioner.”
D.E.R. v. La Crosse Cnty., 455 N.W.2d 239 (Wis. 1990). “06(9) (a) is as follows: [T]he court, on the basis of the evaluation and other relevant evidence shall order placement through the appropriate board designated under § 55.02 . . .. Placement shall be made in the least restrictive environment consistent with the needs of the…”
Racine Cnty. v. B.L.M. (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). “001: The legislature recognizes that many citizens of the state, because of serious and persistent mental illness, … developmental disabilities, or other like incapacities, are in need of protective services or protective placement.”
Douglas Cnty. v. M. L. (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). “§§ 55.02, 55.08, and 55.10.3 1 This appeal is decided by one judge pursuant to WIS.”
Brown Cnty. v. K. B. (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 55.02(1)(a)1. (“The protective placement system shall be designed to encourage independent living and to avoid protective placement whenever possible.”
In Re Washington, 2006 WI App 99 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006). “279 and shall be made in the least restrictive environment consistent with the needs of the person to be placed and with the placement resources of the appropriate board specified under § 55.02." § 55.06(9)(a) (2003-04) (emphasis added).”
Matter of Prot. Placement of Der, 455 N.W.2d 239 (Wis. 1990). “06(9)(a) is as follows: [T]he court, on the basis of the evaluation and other relevant evidence shall order placement through the appropriate board designated under § 55.02. . . . Placement shall be made in the least restrictive environment consistent with the needs of the…”
— Wis. Stat. § 55.02(1)(a) — 1 case
Brown Cnty. v. K. B. (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 55.02(1)(a)1. (“The protective placement system shall be designed to encourage independent living and to avoid protective placement whenever possible.”
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