By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 17, 2014//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 17, 2014//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Civil
Juveniles – TPR — voluntary termination — withdrawal
Ericka L.R. appeals the circuit court’s order terminating her parental rights to Ella M.S. Ericka argues that the circuit court erred in several ways when the court denied her request to withdraw her consent to a voluntary termination of her parental rights. Ericka’s most prominent argument is that the circuit court should have allowed her to withdraw her consent because she showed a “fair and just reason” for withdrawal. Ericka did not, however, frame her argument this way in the circuit court and, therefore, I reject it as forfeited. At the same time, I choose to address the substance of her fair and just reason argument and, as an additional basis for rejecting it, conclude that it is not persuasive. I also reject other arguments Ericka makes and, therefore, I affirm. This opinion will not be published.
2014AP1106 In re the termination of parental rights to Ella M.S.
Dist IV, Green County, Vale, J., Lundsten, J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Zaleski, Steven, Madison; For Respondent: MacLennan, Angela Marie, Monroe