Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Justice
Chapter Jus 11 - Awards For Victims Of Crime
Subchapter I - Crime Victim Compensation
Section Jus 11.05 - Awards

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง Jus 11.05

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) TO WHOM PAYABLE. The department may make an award for economic loss to or for the benefit of any of the following persons:

(a) A victim.

(b) A dependent.

(c) A third person, other than a collateral source or business, that has incurred an expense as a direct result of the victim's personal injury or death.

(d) A family member or person who lived with the victim immediately prior to the crime, as a result of the person's or family member's reaction to the death. In this subsection:
1. The victim must be a victim of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08 or 940.09, Stats.

2. A dependent may recover both under s. 949.06(1), Stats., and this subsection subject to the limitations of s. 949.08(1m) (a), Stats.

(2) MAXIMUM AWARD. An award shall not exceed the economic loss to the claimant or exceed the limitations of s. 949.08(1m) (a), Stats.

(3) DEPENDENTS' LOSS OF SUPPORT. In determining the amount of the award, the department shall determine loss of support based on the victim's net income at the time of death and loss of support shall be calculated equal to four times the victim's annual net income. The department shall deduct from the loss of support award an amount equal to benefits the dependents received or are to receive, over the course of 4 years, as survivor benefits from the federal social security program. The department shall determine if the dependents have received or will receive life insurance proceeds due to the victim's death and each dependent's loss of support award shall be reduced by the life insurance proceeds available to them.

(4) COLLATERAL SOURCES.

(a) Any award made under this subchapter shall be reduced by the amount of any payment received, or to be received, as a result of the injury or death:
1. From, or on behalf of, the person who committed the crime.

2. From insurance payments or programs, including workers compensation, unemployment compensation and social security.

3. From public funds.

4. From an award under s. 949.26, Stats.

5. From one or more 3rd parties held liable for the victim's injury or death.

(b) If the claimant fails to take advantage of a source of benefits that would have been available to the claimant or that would have reimbursed the claimant for all or a portion of an economic loss, the department shall reduce or deny an award to the extent that it would have been paid by such source of benefits. The department may waive this requirement in the interest of justice.

(5) AWARDS TO MINOR DEPENDENTS. The department may award benefits to the parent of a minor dependent child, the child's guardian or to such person, or trustee, for the minor dependent child's use as may be found to be best calculated to serve the interest of the child or for the support and maintenance of a minor dependent child or children.

(6) AWARDS TO PROVIDERS. The department may pay any portion of an award directly to the provider of any service which is the basis for that portion of the award.

(7) AWARDS NOT SUBJECT TO ATTACHMENT. No award made under this subchapter may be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or other process, except that an award for economic loss is not exempt from a claim of a creditor to the extent that the creditor provided products, services or accommodations, the costs of which are included in the award.

(8) ACTUAL LOSS. The department may not make an award when the department determines in a particular case that the claimant would not ordinarily have been required to pay for the services but for ch. 949, Stats.

(9) DEPENDENTS. If 2 or more dependents are entitled to the award as a result of the death of a victim, the department shall apportion the award among the dependents. The department may apportion the award among the dependents in equal amounts.

(10) PROBATE AWARD. The department may apportion an award for a victim's economic loss in a manner which the department determines to be just or in the best interest of the applicant.

(11) PERIODIC AWARDS. In the case of the death of the victim or in the case of a protracted loss of earnings, the department may make periodic awards. The department shall periodically verify whether the claimant is entitled to continue to receive such payments.

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