STATE EX REL. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER v. PERCY

No. 80-298.

97 Wis.2d 627 (1980)

294 N.W.2d 528

STATE EX REL. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Donald PERCY, Secretary, Department of Health & Social Services, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Robert D. Repasky, assistant attorney general.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Steven P. Weiss, assistant state public defender, and Thomas E. Dixon, youth policy & law center, Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.


GARTZKE, P.J.

The secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services has appealed from the order of the circuit court. The order requires him to apply the Children's Code, ch. 48, Stats. 1977, to all children in the department's custody, including those whose custody was acquired under ch. 48 before the effective date of its amendment, November 17, 1978. The amendment was effected by ch. 354, Laws of 1977. We refer...

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