2025 Statutes Index

Attorney representation, 48.837 (8)

Birth record, 48.94, 69.15 (2)

Child 14 or over, attendance at hearing, 48.91 (1)

Child welfare agency:

Foreign children, services to adoptive parents, 48.839 (5)

Placement of children, 48.61, 48.833, 48.834

Coercion, 48.837 (6)

County social services departments:

Finding adoptive parents, 48.57 (1) (j)

Placement of children, 48.833, 48.834

Declaration of paternal interest; filing, effect, 48.025

Discrimination prohibited, 48.82 (6)

Effect of adoption, 48.92

Foreign adoption orders, 48.97

Foreign children:

Agency to conduct study, 48.88 (2) (a)

Bond required, petition for termination of parental rights required, 48.839

Fees, 48.838

Maintenance, 46.10 (2)

Foster home and group home licensing and placement, 48.62, 48.63, 48.64

Guardian, recommendation of, 48.871

Guardians for children without living parents, 48.831, 48.832

Handicapped persons may adopt, 48.82 (5)

Health care plans, mandatory coverage, 609.75, 632.896

Hearing:

Notice, investigation, report, 48.88

Place, attendance, order, 48.91

Illegitimate child, see Nonmarital child, under this subhead

Inheritance, rights, 48.92 (3), 851.50, 854.20, 854.21

Interstate adoption assistance agreements, 48.9985

Interstate placements regulated, 48.82, 48.98, 48.988, 48.99

Investigation, report, 48.88

Jurisdiction of court, 48.14, 48.83

Legislative purpose of children’s code, 48.01 (1)

Medical assistance for children adopted through subsidized programs, 48.9985, 49.46 (1) (d) 3.

Name may be changed, 48.91 (3)

Nonmarital child, recommendation of health services department, 48.89

Order of adoption, 48.91 (3)

Other jurisdictions, 48.97

Paternal interest registry, 48.025, 48.91 (2)

Payments to birth parent by adoptive parents, 48.913

Petition, denial or withdrawal, 48.95

Placement by child welfare agency, 48.48, 48.57 (1) (e), (hm), 48.61, 48.833, 48.834

Adoption assistance eligibility, 48.975

Adoption petition, 48.90

Adoptive home, licensing and placement, 48.62, 48.63, 48.64

Handicapped persons, 48.82 (5)

Hearing, order, 48.91

Investigation, 48.88 (2) (a)

Notice of hearing, 48.88

Placement agreement, 48.64 (1m)

Preadoption residence, 48.90

Recommendation, 48.841, 48.85, 48.89

Religious faith provisions, 48.82 (3), (4)

Termination of parental rights, 48.427

Placement from a foreign jurisdiction, 48.833, 48.839, 48.97

Adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, 48.97

Adoption in Wis. by family guardian, 48.839

Availability for adoption, 48.839 (2)

Bond required, 48.839 (1)

Effect of adoption, 48.92

Hearing on adoption, 48.91

Homestudy required, 48.88 (2) (a)

Petitions required, 48.839 (3)

Residency required, 48.82

Services required, 48.839 (5)

Adoption in Wis. with agency guardian, 48.833

Adoption petition, 48.90

Effect of adoption, 48.92

Foster homes, licensing and restrictions on placement, 48.62, 48.63

Hearing, order, 48.91

Homestudy required, 48.88 (2) (a)

Investigation, 48.88 (2) (a)

Notice of hearing, 48.88

Preadoption residence, 48.90

Recommendation, 48.841, 48.85, 48.871

Residency required, 48.82

Placement from or to other states:

Adoption in other states, 48.97

Compact for, 48.99

Compact on, 48.988, 48.989

Withdrawal, 48.9895

Foster homes, to be licensed to adopt in Wis., 48.62

Residency required to adopt in Wis., 48.82

Restrictions on placements, 48.63

Placement in home of parent or stepparent, 48.835

Definition of relative, 48.02 (15)

Hearing, order, 48.91

Licensing not required, 48.62 (2)