Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 55 - Protective service system.
55.20 - Appeals.

55.20 Appeals. An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from a final judgment or final order under this chapter within the time period specified in s. 808.04 (3) and in accordance with s. 809.30 by the subject of the petition or the individual's guardian, by any petitioner, or by the representative of the public.
History: 2005 a. 264 s. 155.
The guardian ad litem is entitled to petition for review as an interested person, which includes any official or representative of a public or private agency, corporation, or association concerned with the person's welfare. A guardian ad litem appointed by the circuit court to represent the ward's best interest becomes an official of a public agency concerned with the person's welfare by virtue of that appointment. Linda L. v. Collis, 2006 WI App 105, 294 Wis. 2d 637, 718 N.W.2d 205, 05-0494.
NOTE: The above annotation relates to protective placements under ch. 55, stats., prior to the revision of that chapter by 2005 Wis. Act 264.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 55 - Protective service system.

55.001 - Declaration of policy.

55.01 - Definitions.

55.02 - Protective services and protective placement: duties.

55.03 - Status of guardian.

55.043 - Adult-at-risk agency.

55.045 - Funding.

55.05 - Voluntary protective services.

55.055 - Admissions initially made without court involvement.

55.06 - Protective services and protective placement; eligibility.

55.075 - Protective services or protective placement; petition.

55.08 - Protective services or protective placement: standards.

55.09 - Notice of petition and hearing for protective services or placement.

55.10 - Hearing on petition for protective services or protective placement.

55.105 - Appointment of counsel.

55.107 - Reimbursement of counsel provided by the state.

55.11 - Comprehensive evaluation; recommendations; statements.

55.12 - Order for protective services or protective placement.

55.13 - Emergency protective services.

55.135 - Emergency and temporary protective placement.

55.14 - Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.

55.15 - Transfer of an individual under a protective placement order.

55.16 - Modification of an order for protective placement or protective services.

55.17 - Termination of an order for protective placement or protective services.

55.175 - Discharge from protective placement.

55.18 - Annual review of protective placement.

55.19 - Annual review of order authorizing involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.

55.195 - Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews.

55.20 - Appeals.

55.21 - Centers for the developmentally disabled.

55.22 - Records.

55.23 - Patients' rights.