Legal Opinion
(1974)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided February 19, 1974PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR J. SCHMIDT, Secretary Department of Health and SocialServices
You have requested my opinion on four questions regarding a continuing conflict between municipal zoning and the authority of the Department of Health and Social Services to carry out a group foster home program.
The Children's Code, ch. 48, Stats., vests the Department of Health and Social Services (hereinafter, the Department) with extensive authority to regulate and facilitate foster care. The Department may itself maintain foster homes pursuant to sec.48.52, Stats., or license others to do so. Section 48.62, Stats.,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Reitman v. MulkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kirsch Holding Co. v. Borough of ManasquanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- Bruce Boraas v. The Village of Belle Terre, an Incorporated MunicipalityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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