By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 3, 2014//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 3, 2014//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Civil
Public Health — child care – certification — revocation
Lashana Buckner was a certified childcare provider whose certification was revoked after the legislature made changes to Wisconsin’s caregiver law in 2009. As a result of the changes to the law, Buckner is permanently barred under Wis. Stat. § 48.685(5)(br) (2011-12) from being a certified childcare provider because she has a felony conviction for uttering a forgery. Buckner contends that § 48.685(5)(br) is unconstitutional on equal protection and substantive due process grounds, both facially and as applied to her. We conclude that Buckner has not met her burden to prove that the statute is unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt. Accordingly, we affirm. Not recommended for publication in the official reports
2012AP2598 Buckner v. Heidke et al.
Dist IV, Dane County, Gaylord, J., Higginbotham, J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Sullivan, Sheila, Milwaukee; For Respondent: Burke, Mary E., Madison; Blythe, Christopher J., Madison