Care & Maintenance of K.C. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Judge Frederick P. Kessler, which ordered three parents whose children were adjudicated delinquent to pay the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services for the care and maintenance of their children while in the Department’s custody at a secured correctional facility. The order appealed from was entered following a memorandum decision by Judge Patrick T. Sheedy which upheld the constitutionality of sec. 46.10, Stats. At the request of the parties, this court granted bypass pursuant to sec. (Rule) 809.60, Stats.