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- Title: In the Matter of Appointment of Counsel in the Interest of Powell G.
- Author : Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 31, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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The question in this case is whether Wis. Stat. § 48.23(4) (1997-98),which deals with providing counsel in proceedings where a child is alleged in need of protective services (CHIPS), requires the state public defender (SPD) to provide counsel for parents when the court appoints counsel. Or, as the SPD contends, must the county provide for such appointed counsel? We agree that the statute was ambiguous as it read at the time of the circuit courts order, and we acknowledge that that was the version in effect at that time. However, we conclude that the ambiguity has been removed by a subsequent amendment to the statute. The legislature has clarified the matter: the SPD need only represent children for whom counsel has been appointed under the statute. We thus reverse the order of the circuit court and remand the cause for further proceedings.