WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Children 235
CHIPS: Placed for care in violation of law (Wis. Stat. § 48.13(5))
The petition in this case alleges that (child) has been placed for care in violation of law. Your
role as jurors will be to answer the following question in the special verdict:
1. Has (child) been placed for care in violation of law?
The burden of proof is on (petitioner) to convince you by evidence that is clear, satisfactory,
and convincing, to a reasonable certainty, that the question should be answered “yes.”
(Petitioner) alleges that (child) was placed by (parent) for care with (insert placement) and
that this placement violated Wisconsin (federal) law because.
Wisconsin (Federal) law provides (insert appropriate restriction on placement).
A child is placed for care when (he) (she) is left by a parent with (another person) (an agency)
(a facility) (who) (which) accepts the responsibility for the care and support of the child] [provides
the child’s care and support on a temporary or permanent basis].
Before you may answer the special verdict question “yes,” you must be convinced by evidence
that is clear, satisfactory, and convincing, to a reasonable certainty, that the question should be
answered “yes.” If you are not so convinced, you must answer this question “no.”
SPECIAL VERDICT
1. Has (child) been placed for care in violation of law?
Answer:__________________
Yes or No
History
Wis JI-Children 235 (2/2025). Release No. 4. Wisconsin Court System, 2/2025. Prepared by the Wisconsin Jury Instructions Committees of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
588a9b5f7cf4a8234a6dd8a961240ce919c9d9959270445b8b0b75313986b828
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