DUNN COUNTY v. JUDY K.

No. 00-3135.

254 Wis.2d 383 (2002)

2002 WI 87

647 N.W.2d 799

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF JUDY K.: DUNN COUNTY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JUDY K., Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Nicholas P. Lange, assistant corporation counsel.

For the respondent-respondent there were briefs by Roy W. Froemming, Mitchell M. Hagopian and the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc., Madison, and James T. Parent and Burgfechtel & Parent, Menominee, and oral argument by Mitchell M. Hagopian.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert Theine Pledl and Schott, Bublitz & Engel, S.C., Brookfield, on behalf of the Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Ellen J. Henningsen, Madison, on behalf of the Elder Law Center of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by John J. Prentice, Andrew T. Phillips and Prentice & Phillips LLP, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Counties Association.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

This case is before the court on certification pursuant to Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.61 (1999-2000).1 Dunn County appeals from an order requiring the County to take affirmative steps to seek funding to support the cost of Judy K.'s protective placement and to develop community-based placement resources appropriate for Judy K.2 The County asserts that under Wis. Stat. §...

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