Waukesha County v. J.J.H.

2020 WI 22

• Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Decided: February 27, 2020
• Docket: 2018AP000168
• Status: Published

Opinion

2020 WI 22

SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN CASE NO.: 2018AP168

COMPLETE TITLE: In the matter of the temporary guardianship and protective placement of J.J.H.:

Waukesha County, Petitioner-Respondent, v. J.J.H., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

OPINION FILED: February 27, 2020 SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: ORAL ARGUMENT: February 10, 2020

SOURCE OF APPEAL: COURT: Circuit COUNTY: Waukesha JUDGE: Lloyd Carter

JUSTICES: NOT PARTICIPATING: ANN WALSH BRADLEY and HAGEDORN, JJ.

ATTORNEYS:

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Colleen D. Ball, assistant state public defender. There was an oral argument by Colleen D. Ball.

For the petitioner-respondent, there was a brief filed by Robert J. Mueller, Wauskeha. There was an oral argument by Robert J. Mueller.

An amicus curiae briefs was filed on behalf of Association for the Rights of Citizens with Handicaps, Disability Rights Wisconsin, National Disability Rights Network, and National Association of the Deaf by Susan R. Tyndall and Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C.

2 2020 WI 22 NOTICE This opinion is subject to further editing and modification. The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports. No. 2018AP168 (L.C. No. 2017ME589)

STATE OF WISCONSIN : IN SUPREME COURT

In the matter of the temporary guardianship and protective placement of J.J.H.:

Waukesha County, FILED Petitioner-Respondent, FEB 27, 2020

v. Sheila T. Reiff Clerk of Supreme Court

J.J.H.,

Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals. Dismissed as

improvidently granted.

¶1 PER CURIAM. J.J.H. petitioned for review of the

decision of the court of appeals, Waukesha Cty. v. J.J.H., No.

2018AP168, unpublished order (Wis. Ct. App. Jan. 30, 2019),

dismissing her appeal as moot. After reviewing the record and the

briefs of both parties, and after hearing oral arguments, we

conclude this matter should be dismissed as improvidently granted. No. 2018AP168

¶2 By the Court.—The review of the decision of the court of

appeals is dismissed as improvidently granted.

¶3 ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., withdrew from participation.

¶4 BRIAN HAGEDORN, J., did not participate.

¶5 REBECCA FRANK DALLET, J., dissents.

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