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Wis JI-Children 242
CHIPS: Inadequate Care During Period of Parental Absence (Hospitalized) Wis. Stat. 48.13(8)
The petition in this case alleges that (child) is receiving inadequate care during a period
of time that a parent is hospitalized. Your role as jurors will be to answer the following
question in the special verdict:
1. Is (child) receiving inadequate care during a period of time that a parent of (child)
is hospitalized?
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.”
“Inadequate care” means less care than is reasonably necessary to provide sufficient
food, clothing, housing, medical and dental services, education, or to meet the special needs
of (child). In determining what constitutes inadequate care, you may consider all the facts
and circumstances bearing on (child)’s need for care, including age, physical condition,
and special needs.
“Hospitalized” means that the parent has been admitted as a patient into a hospital
located either in Wisconsin or elsewhere.
If you are convinced by evidence that is clear, satisfactory, and convincing, to a
reasonable certainty, that (child) is receiving inadequate care during a period of time that a
parent is hospitalized, you should answer the question “yes.” If you are not so convinced,
you must answer the question “no.”
SPECIAL VERDICT
1. Is (child) receiving inadequate care during a period of time that a parent of (child)
is hospitalized?
Answer:__________________
Yes or No
History
Wis JI-Children 242 (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
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