INTEREST OF C. G.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Cary E. Bloodworth , assistant state public defender. There was an oral argument by Cary E. Bloodworth .

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there was a brief filed by Scott E. Rosenow , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Abigail Potts , assistant attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Abigail L. Churchill , Hayley I. Archer , and Trans Law Help Wisconsin, Madison and Hawks Quindel, S.C., Madison, for Trans Law Help Wisconsin and Hawks Quindel, S.C.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Matthew S. Pinix , Marsha L. Levick , and Pinix Law, LLC, Milwaukee, and Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, for Juvenile Law Center, national Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Eric S. Janus.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Matthew E. Kelley   John A. Knight , Laurence J. Dupuis , and Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, D.C., American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation LGBT & HIV Project, Chicago, for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation.

REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court with respect to all parts except ¶¶6 and 36-46, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., ROGGENSACK, and HAGEDORN, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to ¶¶6 and 36-46, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., and ROGGENSACK, J., joined. HAGEDORN, J., filed a concurring opinion. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which DALLET and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined.