State Ex Rel. S.M.O. v. Resheske

S.M.O., a person under the age of eighteen, moved this court to enter an order directing the Wau-kesha County Juvenile Court Clerk to comply with counsel’s request for a copy of the juvenile court record. Construing the motion as a petition for a writ of mandamus, this court ordered the clerk and the juvenile court judge, the Honorable Harry G. Snyder, to submit responses pursuant to Rule 809.51(2), Stats. Having reviewed the responses and a reply to the responses, we conclude that the petition should be granted.

S.M.O. was adjudged delinquent and ordered placed in the Lincoln Hills School on…