DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVS. v. UNIFIED BOARD

No. 03-0634.

275 Wis.2d 680 (2004)

2004 WI App 153

687 N.W.2d 72

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF JANE E.P.: GRANT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant, v. UNIFIED BOARD OF GRANT AND IOWA COUNTIES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Sheila Stuart Kelley of Kopp, McKichan, Geyer, Skemp & Stombaugh, LLP, Platteville. There was oral argument by Sheila S. Kelley.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Craig R. Day of Law Office of Craig R. Day, Lancaster. There was oral argument by Craig R. Day.

A nonparty brief was filed by John J. Prentice of Prentice & Phillips LLP, Milwaukee, for Wisconsin Counties Association.

Before Deininger, P.J., Lundsten and Higginbotham, JJ.


¶ 1. HIGGINBOTHAM, J.

Grant County Department of Social Services appeals an order dismissing its petition for guardianship and protective placement of Jane E.P. The petition for guardianship and protective placement was dismissed upon motion by the Unified Board of Grant and Iowa Counties, alleging that the circuit court lacked competence to proceed upon the petition because Jane was not a resident of the State of...

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