April 3, 2019 – For those practicing juvenile law, three books from State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE® give you a thorough grounding in this practice area, and are they are newly updated.
They are:
Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook
Written by attorneys who together have decades of experience with the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office,1 the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook begins by describing the rights and roles of various parties in juvenile court and by discussing the initial considerations of jurisdiction and venue.
Subsequent core chapters in this treatise chronologically cover the prehearing, hearing, and postdispositional phases of a case in juvenile court. These chapters examine a variety of topics, including the criteria that must be met to hold a child or expectant mother in custody, the process for filing a petition, the conduct of discovery and motion practice, and the dispositional alternatives available in different cases.
In addition to addressing the overall process for a juvenile court case, the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook devotes separate chapters to specific subjects:
- waiver into adult court;
- confidentiality;
- contempt and juvenile sanctions;
- termination of parental rights (TPR);
- parental consent for a minor’s abortion; and
- the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA).
Sample practice forms to use in juvenile court proceedings are included throughout the book and are available for download on the State Bar of Wisconsin’s website.
The book also alerts readers to pertinent standard juvenile court forms. As of March 4, 2019, most documents in Wisconsin circuit court cases must be filed electronically, and the format of forms in the Juvenile Handbook has been modified to comply with electronic filing requirements.2
Wisconsin Juvenile Benchbook
Written by a committee of Wisconsin circuit court judges, the Wisconsin Juvenile Benchbook was updated in March 2019 for its sixth edition.
Originally developed as an on-the-bench resource for judges, the Benchbook gives readers the judicial perspective of the key issues in juvenile court cases, along with citations to the pertinent legal authorities.
The latest updates to both the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook and the Wisconsin Juvenile Benchbook incorporate recent case law and legislative enactments from the 2017–18 session, including juvenile correctional reform legislation and the “Foster Forward” package of acts passed in 2018.
Wisconsin Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code
Finally, if you’re looking for a compact compilation of just the Wisconsin statutes that are of particular relevance to attorneys practicing in juvenile court, you’ll find it in the State Bar’s Wisconsin Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code, now available in a 2019 edition.
It has been updated to include legislation through the extraordinary legislative session from December 2018, in addition to other enactments from the past year.
How to Order
For pricing or more information or to order the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook, the Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook, Vol. IV: Juvenile, or the Wisconsin Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code, visit the WisBar Marketplace or call the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.
All volumes are available both in print and online via Books UnBound®, the State Bar’s interactive online library.
Endnotes
1 Contributing to the 2018–19 supplement to the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook were attorney-authors Katie York, Alaina Fahley, Eileen Fredericks, Matthew Giesfeldt, Ellen Krahn, Devon Lee, Maura Ann McMahon, Nadya Pérez-Reyes, Amanda Skorr, and Elisabeth Stockbridge.
2 See eFile/eCourts, Circuit Court eFiling, eFiling Participation.
