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IN INTEREST OF R.H.

Nos. 88-0372, 88-605.

147 Wis.2d 22 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 16

IN the INTEREST OF R.H., III, a person under the age of 18: T.H., Appellant, v. LA CROSSE COUNTY, Respondent. IN the INTEREST OF L.H., a person under the age of 18: L.H., Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Eugene R. Thompson, of Madison.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Meryl R. Manhardt, assistant district attorney.

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

DYKMAN, J., dissents.

SUNDBY, J.

In these appeals under the Children's Code we construe secs. 48.30(6) and 48.31(7), Stats. We conclude that the thirty-day time limit in each section is mandatory. In each case the trial court lost competency to exercise its jurisdiction to hear the petition initiating proceedings under ch. 48 because it did not observe the time limit. In In the Interest of L.H. v. State, we...

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