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What happens

Your juvenile case worker and the DA will likely together decide how to respond. In the meantime you should(or your parents) immediately contact the nearest office of the State Public Defender and explain you are a juvenile under a deferred prosecution with a potential new violation. You need representation to help work out the most favorable outcome to your predicament. Prosecution may or may not be forthcoming.

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Wisconsin Non Traffic Citation and Complaint

It is a civil, non-criminal forfeiture, or citation. Depending on which law enforcement agency gave the citation, and how that municipality prosecutes it's cases, it may (e.g Milwaukee County Sheriffs Dept. or WI State Troopers) show up on CCAP. It also may show up on municipal court websites like City of Milwaukee. Since most citations in that statutory section can carry drivers license consequences, it will also show up on DOT data like driving records. A lawyer can represent you and try to...

What happens if a spouse does not want to sign for divorce?

Under Wisconsin Statutes, the other spouse must be served with the divorce documents and notified of all proceedings. If, in the end, however, notice has been properly given, it will be sufficient for one of the spouses to assert to the court that the marriage is "irretrievably broken" and the court will normally issue the divorce judgment even if the second spouse, despite being notified either does not participate or even if they tell the court they do not want the divorce.

Can my x put a restraining order on my current boyfriend, so that he can not be around our 5 year old daughter??

If the child's father can demonstrate reasonable grounds to anticipate a risk that the new boyfriend may harass or abuse his child, based on the definitions of child abuse, harassment and other named standards,all defined in ch. 813 Wis. Stats and the case law, a judge may , based on the fact that"reasonable grounds" is a low standard, easily met with anecdotal and hearsay evidence in some counties, issue the injunction. A Temporary restraining Order (TRO) holds fast the situation for up to 2...