The Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA) Incorporated into Chs. 48 and 938, Stats.

The links below will take you to Chapter 48, the Children’s Code, or Ch. 938, the Juvenile Justice Code, with the language of the WICWA incorporated in red. Please note that these versions of Chs. 48 and 938 represent those chapters as they existed on January 1, 2009 and do not reflect any subsequent changes, nor will they reflect any other changes made to them in the current legislative session.

We may attempt to find some way to maintain updated versions of the chapters in the future.

Please also note that the sections cited on the top of each page do not reflect the statutory sections actually on those pages. This is the result of technological problems beyond our control.

In the meantime, we hope that you find this useful.

Last Revised: November 10, 2009


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