Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Wisconsin
Date: August 2024
STATUTES
Website: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/prefaces/toc
Citations:
- Adoption: chapter 48, subchapters XI (§ 48.55), XIX
- Child protection: chapter 48, subchapters I (§ 48.02), XXI (§§ 48.981, 48.986)
- Child welfare: chapter 48, subchapters III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XIV, XVI, XX, XXI
- Guardianship: chapter 48, subchapters I (§ 48.023), XIX (§ 48.977)
- Youth services: chapter 48, subchapters VI (§ 48.366), VII (§ 48.385), IX (§ 48.44)
- Indian child welfare: chapter 48, subchapters I (§ 48.028), XI (§§ 48.485, 48.487)
EGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Website: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/prefaces/toc
Note:
See 'Department of Children and Families.'
AGENCY POLICIES
Website: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cwportal/policy
OTHER RESOURCES
Tribal codes:
- Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Tribal Court Code
- Forest County Potawatomi, Code of Laws
- Ho–Chunk Nation, Laws
- Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe, Tribal Code
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Court Ordinances
- Menominee Indian Tribe, Children's Code
- Oneida Nation, Code of Laws
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Code of Laws
- Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Tribal Code
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules