IN MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF N.N.

No. 86-1488.

140 Wis.2d 64 (1987)

409 N.W.2d 388

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP & PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT OF N.N.: N.N., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF DANE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kenneth P. Casey, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Cal W. Kornstedt, corporation counsel, and Arnold N. Rusky, assistant corporation counsel.

There was a brief by Richard J. Auerbach and Auerbach & Porter, of Madison guardian ad litem.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Eich and Sundby, JJ.


EICH, J.

N.N. appeals from an order placing her under general guardianship and imposing protective placement in a locked hospital ward pursuant to sec. 55.06(9)(a), Stats. She raises two issues: (1) Does the trial court have jurisdiction to hold the final hearing on a petition for protective placement after expiration of the thirty-day limitation in sec. 55.06(11)(c), Stats?; and (2) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in ordering placement without appointing...

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