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IN INTEREST OF D.L.D.

No. 82-263.

110 Wis.2d 168 (1983)

327 N.W.2d 682

IN the MATTER OF the FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN: IN the INTEREST OF D.L.D.: D.L.D., Appellant, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY, the Hon. Michael Kirchman, presiding, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Steven P. Weiss, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent there was a brief by Michael P. Erhard, Stephen J. Shimshak and Foley & Lardner, Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Erhard.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Thomas E. Dixon, for Youth Policy and Law Center, Inc., Madison.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Ross Harry Briggs, for the National Juvenile Law Center, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and for Wisconsin Association for Youth, Wisconsin Association for Runaway Services and National Youth Work Alliance.

On certification from court of appeals.

STEINMETZ, J.

We have accepted this case on a certification from the court of appeals.

The issue is whether a trial court may order a juvenile incarcerated in a secure detention facility for a status offense1 in the exercise of its contempt powers under ch. 785, Stats., for violating a juvenile dispositional order.2

This case arose from a petition...

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