48.838 Foreign adoption fees.
(1) In this section, “foreign adoption" means the adoption of a child, who is a citizen of a foreign country, in accordance with any of the types of adoption procedures specified under this subchapter.
(2) The department may charge a fee of not more than $75 to the adoptive parents for reviewing foreign adoption documents and for providing necessary certifications and approvals required by state and federal law.
(3) The department may also charge a fee of not more than $75 to the adoptive parents for the review and certification of adoption documents, for adoptions that occur in a foreign country.
History: 1989 a. 31; 2015 a. 380.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
48.01 - Title and legislative purpose.
48.025 - Declaration of paternal interest in matters affecting children.
48.027 - Child custody jurisdiction.
48.028 - Indian child welfare.
48.029 - Pregnancy testing prohibited.
48.03 - Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.
48.035 - Court; Menominee and Shawano counties.
48.067 - Powers and duties of intake workers.
48.069 - Powers and duties of disposition staff.
48.07 - Additional sources of court services.
48.08 - Duties of person furnishing services to court.
48.09 - Representation of the interests of the public.
48.10 - Power of the judge to act as intake worker.
48.13 - Jurisdiction over children alleged to be in need of protection or services.
48.14 - Jurisdiction over other matters relating to children.
48.15 - Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody.
48.16 - Jurisdiction over petitions for waiver of parental consent to a minor's abortion.
48.19 - Taking a child into custody.
48.193 - Taking an adult expectant mother into custody.
48.195 - Taking a newborn child into custody.
48.20 - Release or delivery of child from custody.
48.203 - Release or delivery of adult expectant mother from custody.
48.205 - Criteria for holding a child or expectant mother in physical custody.
48.207 - Places where a child or expectant mother may be held in nonsecure custody.
48.208 - Criteria for holding a child in a juvenile detention facility.
48.209 - Criteria for holding a child in a county jail.
48.21 - Hearing for child in custody.
48.213 - Hearing for adult expectant mother in custody.
48.215 - Mother-young child care program.
48.217 - Change in placement; child or expectant mother held in custody.
48.233 - Five-county pilot program.
48.236 - Court-appointed special advocate.
48.24 - Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry.
48.243 - Basic rights: duty of intake worker.
48.245 - Informal disposition.
48.25 - Petition: authorization to file.
48.255 - Petition; form and content.
48.257 - Petition to initiate a procedure to waive parental consent prior to a minor's abortion.
48.263 - Amendment of petition.
48.273 - Service of summons or notice; expense.
48.275 - Parents' contribution to cost of court and legal services.
48.28 - Failure to obey summons; capias.
48.29 - Substitution of judge.
48.295 - Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination.
48.297 - Motions before trial.
48.299 - Procedures at hearings.
48.305 - Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a child or expectant mother.
48.315 - Delays, continuances and extensions.
48.335 - Dispositional hearings.
48.35 - Effect of judgment and disposition.
48.355 - Dispositional orders.
48.356 - Duty of court to warn.
48.357 - Change in placement; child or expectant mother subject to dispositional order.
48.361 - Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services.
48.362 - Payment for certain special treatment or care services.
48.363 - Revision of dispositional orders.
48.366 - Extended out-of-home care.
48.368 - Continuation of dispositional orders.
48.371 - Access to certain information by substitute care provider.
48.373 - Medical authorization.
48.375 - Parental consent required prior to abortion; judicial waiver procedure.
48.383 - Reasonable and prudent parent standard.
48.385 - Plan for transition to independent living.
48.41 - Voluntary consent to termination of parental rights.
48.415 - Grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights.
48.417 - Petition for termination of parental rights; when required.
48.422 - Hearing on the petition.
48.423 - Rights of persons alleging paternity.
48.424 - Fact-finding hearing.
48.425 - Court report by an agency.
48.426 - Standard and factors.
48.43 - Court orders; contents and effect; review.
48.432 - Access to medical information.
48.433 - Access to identifying information about parents.
48.434 - Release of identifying information by an agency when authorization is granted.
48.437 - Change in placement; posttermination of parental rights.
48.44 - Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.
48.45 - Orders applicable to adults.
48.46 - New evidence; relief from judgment terminating parental rights.
48.465 - Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal.
48.468 - Purpose of department.
48.48 - Authority of department.
48.481 - Grants for children's community programs.
48.485 - Transfer of Indian children to department for adoption.
48.487 - Tribal family services.
48.52 - Facilities for care of children and adult expectant mothers in care of department.
48.526 - Community youth and family aids.
48.527 - Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities.
48.528 - Community intervention program.
48.545 - Brighter futures initiative.
48.546 - Family treatment court grant program.
48.547 - Alcohol and other drug abuse program.
48.548 - Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria.
48.55 - State adoption information exchange and state adoption center.
48.56 - Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000.
48.561 - Child welfare services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.
48.562 - Milwaukee child welfare partnership council.
48.563 - Children and family aids funding.
48.565 - Carry-over of children and family aids funds.
48.568 - Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare.
48.569 - Distribution of children and family aids funds to counties.
48.57 - Powers and duties of department and county departments providing child welfare services.
48.576 - Shelter care facilities; general supervision and inspection by department.
48.578 - Shelter care facilities; establishment, approval, inspection.
48.58 - County children's home in populous counties.
48.59 - Examination and records.
48.60 - Child welfare agencies licensed.
48.61 - Powers and duties of child welfare agencies.
48.615 - Child welfare agency licensing fees.
48.62 - Licensing of foster homes; rates.
48.623 - Subsidized guardianships.
48.625 - Licensing of group homes; fees.
48.627 - Foster parent insurance and liability.
48.63 - Restrictions on placements.
48.64 - Placement of children in out-of-home care.
48.65 - Child care centers licensed; fees.
48.651 - Certification of child care providers.
48.653 - Information for child care providers.
48.656 - Parent's right to know.
48.657 - Child care center reports.
48.658 - Child safety alarms in child care vehicles.
48.659 - Child care quality rating system.
48.66 - Licensing duties of the department.
48.675 - Qualified residential treatment programs.
48.68 - Investigation of applicant; issuing of license.
48.685 - Criminal history and child abuse record search.
48.686 - Criminal history and child abuse record search; child care.
48.69 - Probationary licenses.
48.70 - Provisions of licenses.
48.715 - Sanctions and penalties.
48.73 - Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs.
48.735 - Immunization requirements; child care centers.
48.737 - Lead screening, inspection and reduction requirements; child care centers.
48.74 - Authority of department to investigate alleged violations.
48.743 - Community living arrangements for children.
48.745 - Formal complaints regarding child welfare agencies and group homes.
48.75 - Foster homes licensed by public licensing agencies and by child welfare agencies.
48.77 - Injunction against violations.
48.78 - Confidentiality of records.
48.79 - Powers of the department.
48.80 - Municipalities may sponsor activities.
48.825 - Advertising related to adoption.
48.83 - Jurisdiction and venue.
48.831 - Appointment of guardian for child without a living parent for adoptability finding.
48.832 - Transfer of guardianship upon revocation of guardian's license or contract.
48.835 - Placement of children with relatives for adoption.
48.837 - Placement of children with nonrelatives for adoption.
48.838 - Foreign adoption fees.
48.839 - Adoption of foreign children.
48.84 - Preadoption preparation for proposed adoptive parents.
48.841 - Persons required to file recommendation as to adoption.
48.85 - Recommendation of guardian.
48.871 - Filing of recommendation by guardian.
48.88 - Notice of hearing; investigation.
48.89 - Recommendation of the department.
48.90 - Filing of adoption petition; preadoption residence.
48.915 - Adoption appeals given preference.
48.925 - Visitation rights of certain persons.
48.95 - Withdrawal or denial of petition.
48.97 - Adoption and guardianship orders of other jurisdictions.
48.977 - Appointment of guardians for certain children in need of protection or services.
48.978 - Appointment or designation of standby guardian of a child.
48.979 - Delegation of power by parent.
48.9795 - Appointment of guardian of the person for a child.
48.98 - Interstate placement of children.
48.981 - Abused or neglected children and abused unborn children.
48.982 - Child abuse and neglect prevention board.
48.983 - Child abuse and neglect prevention program.
48.986 - Child abuse and neglect and unborn child abuse services.
48.987 - Earnings of self-supporting minors.
48.9875 - Minor consent for housing.
48.988 - Interstate compact on the placement of children.
48.989 - Interstate compact on the placement of children: additional procedure.
48.9895 - Withdrawal from Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
48.99 - Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.