The Juvenile Justice Code
Wisconsin · Juvenile Justice Code · §§ 938.01 to 938.9995 · 127 sections
Overview
The Juvenile Justice Code governs court proceedings involving juveniles, covering those alleged to be delinquent, those alleged to have violated civil laws or ordinances, and those alleged to be in need of protection or services. It establishes the jurisdiction and venue of the court handling these matters, provides for intake workers, disposition staff, and other court services, and sets the conditions under which older juveniles may instead be subject to criminal proceedings in adult court. It also regulates the taking of juveniles into custody — including the criteria for holding a juvenile and the facilities where that may occur — and guarantees procedural protections such as the right to counsel, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and the recording of custodial interrogations.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 257 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 219 Wis. 2d 848 - State v. Hezzie R.
Sections covered
- Wis. Stat. § 938.01Title, legislative intent and purposes19 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.02Definitions16 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.022Electronic filing
- Wis. Stat. § 938.028Indian juvenile welfare
- Wis. Stat. § 938.03Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge
- Wis. Stat. § 938.06Services for court1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.067Powers and duties of intake workers2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.069Powers and duties of disposition staff
- Wis. Stat. § 938.07Additional sources of court services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.08Duties of person furnishing services to court
- Wis. Stat. § 938.09Representation of the interests of the public2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.10Power of the judge to act as intake worker
- Wis. Stat. § 938.12Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be delinquent12 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.125Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to have violated civil laws or ordinances1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.13Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be in need of protection or services8 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.135Referral of juveniles to proceedings under ch. 51 or 55
- Wis. Stat. § 938.14Jurisdiction over interstate compact proceedings
- Wis. Stat. § 938.15Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody
- Wis. Stat. § 938.17Jurisdiction over traffic, boating, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, and utility terrain vehicle violations and over civil law and ordinance violations1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.18Jurisdiction for criminal proceedings for juveniles 14 or older; waiver hearing15 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.183Original adult court jurisdiction for criminal proceedings17 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.185Venue
- Wis. Stat. § 938.19Taking a juvenile into custody3 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.195Recording custodial interrogations3 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.20Release or delivery from custody1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.205Criteria for holding a juvenile in physical custody1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.207Places where a juvenile may be held in nonsecure custody
- Wis. Stat. § 938.208Criteria for holding a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.209Criteria for holding a juvenile in a county jail or a municipal lockup facility1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.21Hearing for juvenile in custody6 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.217Change in placement; juvenile held in custody1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.22County and private juvenile facilities
- Wis. Stat. § 938.222Contracts with private entities for juvenile detention facility services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.223Contracts with Minnesota counties for juvenile detention facility services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.224Contracts with department for juvenile detention facility services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.225Statewide plan for juvenile detention and correctional facilities
- Wis. Stat. § 938.23Right to counsel
- Wis. Stat. § 938.235Guardian ad litem1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.237Civil law and ordinance proceedings initiated by citation in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 481 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.24Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry7 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.243Basic rights: duty of intake worker1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.245Deferred prosecution4 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.25Petition: authorization to file2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.255Petition; form and content
- Wis. Stat. § 938.263Amendment of petition1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.265Consultation with victims
- Wis. Stat. § 938.27Notice; summons2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.273Service of summons or notice; expense2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.275Parents’ contribution to cost of custody, sanctions and court and legal services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.28Failure to obey summons; capias1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.29Substitution of judge1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.293Discovery
- Wis. Stat. § 938.295Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination3 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.296Testing for HIV infection and certain diseases
- Wis. Stat. § 938.2965Waiting area for victims and witnesses
- Wis. Stat. § 938.297Motions before trial
- Wis. Stat. § 938.299Procedures at hearings2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.30Plea hearing3 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.305Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a juvenile
- Wis. Stat. § 938.31Fact-finding hearing8 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.312Notice of dismissal
- Wis. Stat. § 938.315Delays, continuances and extensions9 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.317Jeopardy
- Wis. Stat. § 938.32Consent decree5 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.325Proceedings by telephone or live audiovisual means
- Wis. Stat. § 938.33Court reports4 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.331Court reports; effect on victim
- Wis. Stat. § 938.335Dispositional hearings
- Wis. Stat. § 938.34Disposition of juvenile adjudged delinquent24 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.341Delinquency adjudication; restriction on firearm possession1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.3415Delinquency adjudication; restriction on body armor possession
- Wis. Stat. § 938.342Disposition; truancy and school dropout ordinance violations1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.343Disposition of juvenile adjudged to have violated a civil law or an ordinance
- Wis. Stat. § 938.344Disposition; certain intoxicating liquor, beer and drug violations
- Wis. Stat. § 938.345Disposition of juvenile adjudged in need of protection or services1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.346Notice to victims of juveniles’ acts
- Wis. Stat. § 938.35Effect of judgment and disposition6 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.355Dispositional orders18 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.356Duty of court to warn2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.357Change in placement; juvenile subject to dispositional order7 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.358Trial reunification
- Wis. Stat. § 938.36Payment for services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.361Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.362Payment for certain special treatment or care services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.363Revision of dispositional orders2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.364Dismissal of certain dispositional orders
- Wis. Stat. § 938.365Extension of orders6 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.366Extended out-of-home care
- Wis. Stat. § 938.368Continuation of dispositional orders1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.37Costs
- Wis. Stat. § 938.371Access to certain information by substitute care provider
- Wis. Stat. § 938.373Medical authorization
- Wis. Stat. § 938.38Permanency planning5 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.383Reasonable and prudent parent standard
- Wis. Stat. § 938.385Plan for transition to independent living
- Wis. Stat. § 938.39Disposition by court bars criminal proceeding
- Wis. Stat. § 938.396Records1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.44Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older
- Wis. Stat. § 938.45Orders applicable to adults1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.46New evidence
- Wis. Stat. § 938.47Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal
- Wis. Stat. § 938.48Authority of department of corrections2 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.485Authority of department
- Wis. Stat. § 938.49Notification by court of placement with a county department or the department of corrections; transfer of reports and records
- Wis. Stat. § 938.50Examination of juveniles under supervision of department of corrections1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.505Juveniles placed under correctional supervision1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.51Notification of release or escape of juvenile from correctional custody or supervision
- Wis. Stat. § 938.52Facilities for care of juveniles in care of department of corrections
- Wis. Stat. § 938.53Duration of control of department of corrections over delinquents
- Wis. Stat. § 938.533Community supervision1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.534Intensive supervision program
- Wis. Stat. § 938.535Early release and intensive supervision program; limits
- Wis. Stat. § 938.538Serious juvenile offender program6 cites
- Wis. Stat. § 938.539Type 2 status1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.54Records
- Wis. Stat. § 938.546Juvenile treatment court grant program
- Wis. Stat. § 938.547Juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program
- Wis. Stat. § 938.548Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria
- Wis. Stat. § 938.549Juvenile classification system
- Wis. Stat. § 938.57Powers and duties of county departments providing juvenile welfare services
- Wis. Stat. § 938.59Examination and records
- Wis. Stat. § 938.595Duration of control of county departments over delinquents
- Wis. Stat. § 938.78Confidentiality of records1 cite
- Wis. Stat. § 938.795Powers of the department
- Wis. Stat. § 938.988Interstate placement of juveniles
- Wis. Stat. § 938.999Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- Wis. Stat. § 938.9995Expediting interstate placements of juveniles
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