Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

By: Derek Hawkins//July 20, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. C.A.P.

Case No.: 2016AP824

Officials: BRENNAN, j.

Focus: Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

C.A.P. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her daughter, K.S.L. (“K.”). She argues that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when at the Termination of Parental Rights (“TPR”) dispositional hearing, it excluded her brother and grandmother from testifying and declined to permit her trial counsel to recall a witness on the final afternoon of trial. As a result of these witness limitations, she argues, the trial court “fail[ed] to consider the relevant evidence necessary for making the proper determinations of the best interests of the child,” and she seeks reversal of the order

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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