Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Wisconsin

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