M.G. v. La Crosse County Human Services Department

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a single judge decision of the court of appeals, which affirmed a dispositional order of the circuit court for LaCrosse comity, Judge John J. Perlich. This case presents the court with procedural questions under the Wisconsin Children's Code, Chapter 48, Stats. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals, which upheld the order of the circuit court, concluding that the circuit court appropriately complied with the statutory time limits.

On November 18, 1987, the three-month old G.H. was taken from his home by a LaCrosse county social worker…