NCJ Number
96349
Date Published
1984
Length
31 pages
Annotation
These model Wisconsin juvenile court intake guidelines for children in need of protection or services reflect statutes, case law, and practice standards current in April 1984; jurisdictional requirements and best-interest considerations are detailed for each guideline.
Abstract
The guidelines give court workers practical advice about dealing with children who have been abandoned, neglected, or sexually, physically, or emotionally abused. They cover children without parents or guardians and children placed for care or adoption in violation of Wisconsin law. Both children over age 12 who petition the court requesting jurisdiction and children whose parents or guardians request jurisdiction are included. Other children covered in the guidelines are those habitually truant from school or home as well as those receiving inadequate care while a parent or guardian is missing, incarcerated, hospitalized, or institutionalized.