Circuit court forms

To meet the jurisdictional requirements of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

Petition For Appointment of Guardian (Full/Limited/Temporary Guardianship) (48.9795, Wis. Stats.) ICWA

Letters of Guardianship and Dispositional Order Appointing Guardian (Full/Limited/Temporary Guardianship) (48.9795, Wis. Stats.) ICWA

Petition For Appointment of Guardian (48.977, Wis. Stats.) ICWA

Dispositional Order Appointing Guardian (48.977, Wis. Stats.) ICWA

To request that a child or expectant mother be taken into temporary physical custody in a Chapter 48 proceeding and to record the decision of the juvenile intake worker concerning the custody decision.

To provide information for the court to determine whether active efforts were made to prevent the breakup of the Indian family in cases subject to the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA).

Formal request to invoke the court's jurisdiction to adjudicate a child in need of protection or services under Chapter 48.

Formal order of the court detailing the disposition in a Chapter 48 child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) case (This form should not be used in a Ch. 938 juvenile in need of protection or services).

To initiate a proceeding to terminate the parental rights of a parent.

To give notice to parents that a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed and to summons the parents to court for a hearing. CCAP form. Available in Spanish.

Consent form signed by a parent before a judicial officer consenting to the termination of his or her parental rights to child.

Order formally indicating the court's decision on a petition to voluntarily terminate the parental rights of a parent.

Order formally indicating the court's decision on a petition to terminate the parental rights of a parent.

Order formally indicating the court's decision on a petition for minor child adoption.

Minor Indian child adoptee information.

Notice of Permanency Hearing (ICWA)

The formal order signed by the court directing the custody ordered by the court for a child/juvenile. CCAP form.

A written notice to be provided to child/juvenile and parents of their basic rights and obligations as well as the possibility of disclosure of personal information to victims.

Formal notice to an individual to appear in court and respond to a citation or petition. Available in Spanish.

Formal request to invoke the court's jurisdiction to adjudicate the juvenile in need of protection or services under sec. 938.13(4), (6), (6m), or (7).

To give notice to interested persons of the scheduling of court proceedings. CCAP form.

Motion to transfer a proceeding involving an out-of-home placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child from a circuit court to a tribal court.

Written order of the Circuit Court to transfer a proceeding involving an out-of-home placement of or termination of parental rights to an Indian child from a Circuit Court to a tribal Court.

Formal order of the court detailing the disposition in a Ch. 938 juvenile in need of protection or services (JIPS) case. (This does not apply to a Ch. 48 child in need of protection or services.)

To give notice to interested persons that a change in placement has taken or will take place.

Request to the court to change placement or revise the dispositional order.

To consent to delegation of powers under sec. 48.979 of an Indian child.

To certify to delegation of powers under sec. 48.979 of an Indian child.

To record an agreement between the parties requiring certain actions or activities to be done in exchange for suspending formal proceedings. The court official approves the consent decree and orders the parties to comply with it.

To record an agreement between the parties requiring certain actions or activities to be done in exchange for suspending formal proceedings. The court official approves the consent decree and orders the parties to comply with it.

Order of the court extending a dispositional order or consent decree for correctional and out-of-home placements.

Order of the court extending a dispositional order or consent decree for correctional and out-of-home placements.

Order of the court for change in placement from the juvenile/child's home to an out-of-home placement.

Order of the court for change in placement from one out-of-home to another out-of-home placement.

To approve, disapprove, or revise the permanency plan. CCAP form.

To approve, disapprove, or revise the permanency plan.