Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//December 9, 2015//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State v. L.C.

Case No.: 2015AP1460

Officials: BRENNAN, J.

Practice Areas: Termination of Parental Rights

L.C. appeals from an order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to her son T.C. L.C. claims that the circuit court failed to consider all the factors set forth in WIS. STAT. § 48.426(3) when it concluded that it was in T.C.’s best interests to terminate L.C.’s parental rights. She claims that the circuit court did not give proper weight to the bond that exists between T.C., L.C., and most of T.C.’s siblings and the resulting “emotional and psychological damage” she believes T.C. will undergo if her parental rights are terminated. Because the circuit court properly exercised its discretion, we affirm.

Affirmed

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