Finley v. Nelton

In order to determine whether Ruth Finley and Donald Finley possessed the right to appeal from the final order of the juvenile court it is necessary to analyze the statutes, under which the proceedings in juvenile court were instituted and carried on, as well as the particular subsection conferring the right of appeal. This is so because sub. (8) of sec. 48.07, Stats., provides for the taking of an appeal without specifying who may do so.

The statute governing the institution of the proceedings is sec. 48.06 (1), Stats., and provides that which the petition must contain, and among other things…