KINDCARE, INC. v. JUDITH G.,

No. 00-3450.

250 Wis.2d 817 (2002)

2002 WI App 36

640 N.W.2d 839

IN the MATTER OF the PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT, with Guardianship, OF JUDITH G.: KINDCARE, INC., Petitioner-Respondent, v. JUDITH G., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Carol J. Wessels of SeniorLAW/Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Janet F. Resnick of Resnick & Yamat, S.C., Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


¶ 1. FINE, J.

Judith G. appeals from an order for protective placement under WIS. STAT. § 55.06, which directed that she be "placed in the least restrictive placement commensurate with her needs as designated by the Milwaukee County Department on Aging." Ms. G. has since died. We decide the appeal nevertheless because of the importance of the issue it raises and, given the age and health condition of many of the persons for whom protective placement is sought...

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