Wisconsin § 938.217 - Change in placement; juvenile held in custody.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 938.217 — Change in placement; juvenile held in custody., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 938.217. Change in placement; juvenile held in custody.
938.217(1) (1) Request by intake worker, agency responsible for custody order, or prosecutor. 938.217(1)(a) (a) Applicable procedures. 938.217(1)(a)1. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , the intake worker, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under a temporary physical custody order under s. 938.21 (4) , or the district attorney or corporation counsel may request a change in the placement of the juvenile who is the subject of the order as provided in this subsection, whether or not the change requested is authorized in the order. 938.217(1)(a)2. 2. A change in the placement of a juvenile from a placement in the home to a placement outside the home may only be made as provided in s. 938.21 (6) . 938.217(1)(b) (b) Notice; information required. 938.217(1)(b)1. 1. The intake worker, the agency primarily responsible for providing services under a temporary physical custody order, or the district attorney or corporation counsel may request a change in placement under this subsection by causing written notice of the proposed change in placement to be sent to the juvenile, the juvenile’s counsel or guardian ad litem, the parent, guardian, and legal custodian or Indian custodian of the juvenile, and any foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) of the juvenile. 938.217(1)(b)2. 2. The notice shall contain the name and address of the new placement, the reasons for the change in placement, whether the new placement is certified under s.
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Section 938.217 ("Change in placement; juvenile held in custody.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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