By: dmc-admin//March 25, 2002//
By: dmc-admin//March 25, 2002//
Dean L.B.’s parental rights to two children were terminated. He has three claims: (1) Amy L.H.’s lawyer, an attorney in private practice who is retained as corporation counsel for Sheboygan County in a part-time capacity, had a conflict of interest and should have been disqualified as counsel; (2) he should have been warned during his divorce that he possibly could have his parental rights terminated for failing to visit the children. He posits that, although the statutes do not require a warning during a divorce under Wis. Stat. sec. 48.356, constitutional equal protection jurisprudence requires that we judicially amend the statute and hold that he should have been warned during his divorce; and (3) he established good cause for failing to visit the children.
We see no conflict of interest, the “warnings” issue is waived and he has not established good cause for failing to visit or communicate with the children.
We affirm the termination.
This opinion will not be published.
Dist II, Sheboygan County, Murphy, J., Brown, J.
Attorneys:
For Appellant: Terry W. Rose, Kenosha
For Respondent: Carl K. Buesing, Sheboygan