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IN MATTER OF J.G.S.

No. 89-0309.

159 Wis.2d 685 (1990)

465 N.W.2d 227

IN the MATTER OF J.G.S., Jr., Incompetent. FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Appellant, v. J.G.S., Jr., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas L. Storm, Fond du Lac County Corporation Counsel.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Roy Froemming, The Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy.

On behalf of the guardian ad litem, the cause was submitted on the brief of Nicholas A. Casper of Donohue, Donohue, Sharpe & Casper, S.C. of Fond du Lac.

On behalf of the Association for Retarded Citizens (Wisconsin Chapter), there was an amicus curiae brief by Jeffrey J. Kassel and Brady C. Williamson of LaFollette & Sinykin of Madison.

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

BROWN, J.

This case concerns the "least restrictive placement" for a developmentally disabled man, which placement the circuit court determined to be a community placement that neither then nor now exists. The county pleads lack of available funds. We follow our supreme court's decision in In re D.E.R. v. La Crosse County, 155 Wis.2d 240, 455 N.W.2d 239 (1990). In that case, the court...

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