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COA affirms order continuing protective placement
Racine County v. R.P.L., 2025AP813-FT, 7/30/25, District II (ineligible for publication); case activity
In an appeal from an annual protective placement review, R.P.L. escapes a finding of mootness but loses on the merits.
COA holds that protective placement may be continued based on evidence from previous hearings provided the evidence was “adjudicated.”
Pierce County v. P.C.A., 2024AP1367, 7/1/25, District III (ineligible for publication); case activity
While affirming the circuit court continuing a protective placement order under Chapter 55 after a due process hearing (known as a Watts hearing), the COA clarified that, following previous due process hearings, documentary evidence that was admitted, and testimony that was accepted by the circuit court and incorporated into its findings, may be considered at subsequent due process hearings.