Don't Just Accept the Results of a DSS Study. It Must be Supported by the Evidence.
Posted By Linda S. Vanden Heuvel on Aug 31, 2010 8:12am PDT
Wis. Stats. 767.405 (14)(b)1 provides that county custody/placement studies are governed by the rules of evidence. The report must be offered in accordance with the rules of evidence and shall be part of a record in the action if it is so offered and admitted into evidence. The court may review the report, but may not rely upon it as evidence before it is properly introduced.
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