State Ex Rel. Watts v. Combined Community Services Board of Milwaukee County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSteinmetz, J.
The issues in this case are:(1) Whether chs. 55 and 880, Stats., deny protectively placed individuals due process and equal protection of law by failing to require periodic automatic court review of the individual’s need for guardianship and protective placement.(2) Whether the temporary emergency diagnostic and treatment powers granted under sec. 55.06(9) (d) and 55.06(9) (e), Stats., 1 satisfy the requirements of equal protection.(3) Whether a guardian has the statutory authority to consent to mental hospitalization of his or her ward who is not protectively placed and who has not consented…
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