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IN RE FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN INTEREST OF J.S.

Nos. 85-2172, 85-2379.

137 Wis.2d 217 (1987)

404 N.W.2d 79

IN RE the FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN the INTEREST OF J.S. & M.S., Persons Under the Age of 18 Years: C.S., Appellant, v. RACINE COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Virginia Pomeroy, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Randy S. Bragdon, assistant corporation counsel for Racine County.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general and Donald P. Johns, assistant attorney general,† attorneys for the Honorable Dennis J. Barry.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.

NETTESHEIM, J.

The issue in this case is whether a juvenile court in a CHIPS proceeding can enforce by contempt a "commitment" order against a parent for involuntary inpatient substance abuse treatment under the provisions of sec. 48.45, Stats., and outside the provisions of ch. 51, Stats., and the constitutional requirements of Lessard v. Schmidt, 349 F.Supp. 1078 (E.D. Wis. 1972), vacated, 414 U...

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