2025 Statutes Index

Disposal of ward’s lands, 786.25

Petition for receipt and acceptance, 54.34 (3)

Recognition of foreign decree, children, 48.97 (3)

Grant program for guardians, 46.977

Guardian ad litem, 54.40

Account examination, appointment may be made, 54.62 (5)

Immunity from civil liability, guardian, 54.18 (4)

Incompetent persons:

See also Mental Health and Illness

Appointment of guardian, see Guardianships—2. Appointments of Guardians

Bank customer, authority of bank, 404.405

Driving privileges, suspension required, 343.31 (2x)

Medication administration, guardian for, 55.14

Mental commitment, incompetency not implied, 51.59

Professional credentials, denial, nonrenewal or revocation, 440.121

Protective placement, see Protective Placements and Protective Services

Review of incompetency, 54.64

Security ownership and transfer, validity of incompetent’s acts, 54.93

Subject to guardianship, 54.10 (3)

Voting qualification, 6.03, 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.

Jurisdiction of circuit court, 54.30

Medical decisions, effect of guardianship on power of attorney, 54.46 (2) (b)

Menominee Indians, transfer of assets to trust, 54.625

Mentally ill persons:

See also Mental Health and Illness

Necessity of guardian prior to discharge from treatment facility, 51.35 (7)

Minors:

Additional powers and duties of guardian under chapter 48, 48.023

Child’s person, 48.9795

Estate subject to guardianship, 54.10 (1)

Marriage of ward:

Consent to minor’s marriage, 765.02

Effect, 54.46 (6), 54.64

Reasonable and prudent parent standard, 48.383

Standby guardian, 48.978

Subsidized guardianships, 48.623

Visitation by grandparents or stepparents, 48.9795 (12)

Powers and duties of guardians:

Duties of guardian of estate, 54.19

General powers, 54.18

Guardian of the child’s person, 48.9795 (2)

Guardian of the person, 54.25

Minor under ch. 48, additional powers, 48.023

Powers of guardian of estate, 54.20

Protective placement and services:

See also Protective Placements and Protective Services

Guardianship not grounds for, 54.48

Psychotropic medication, incompetence to refuse, 55.14 (1) (b)

Resignation of guardian, 54.54

Review and removal of guardian, 48.9795 (10), 54.68

Children’s code cases, 48.14 (2)

Rights of ward, 54.25 (2)

Spendthrifts:

Definition, 54.01 (31)

Securities, ownership by, 54.93

Subject to guardianship, 54.10 (2)

Termination of guardianship, 48.9795 (11), 54.64

Final account, settlement, 54.66

Training requirements, 54.26

Veterans uniform guardianship act, 54.852

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Generally, 48.9795, 54.10

Bond, 54.46 (4)

Children in need of protection and services, appointment, 48.977

Costs and attorney fees, 54.46 (3)

Contested proceedings, expenses of ward, 54.42 (4)

County as guardian for county hospital patients, 54.852 (4), 59.53 (12)

Disposition, order, 54.46

Examination of proposed ward, 54.36

Right to independent examination, 54.42 (3)

Exceptions to requirement for appointment, 54.12

Fees, register in probate, 814.66

Guardian ad litem, 48.9795 (3), 54.40

Compensation, 54.74

Hearing, 54.44

Notice, 54.38

Jurisdiction of circuit court:

Generally, 54.30

Interstate conflicts, see Guardianships 4. Uniform Adult Guardianship Jurisdiction Act

Juvenile court proceedings, 48.14 (2)

Letters of guardianship, 54.46 (5)

Limited guardianship, 54.25 (2) (d)

Minors:

Adoption of minors, see Adoption—3. Minors

Child welfare agency as guardian, 48.61 (5)

Children with no living parents, 48.831

Emergency guardianship, 48.9795 (6)

Juvenile court jurisdiction, 48.14 (2)

Special guardian, for sale of property, 786.02, 786.08