02-0430 In Re the Termination of Parental Rights to Maria D.C.M.: State v. Lazaro M.

By: dmc-admin//May 6, 2002//

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Lazaro M. appeals from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to Maria D.C.M. Lazaro M. argues that after the trial court issued its oral decision from the bench at the close of the dispositional hearing, it lost competency to sign and file the written order because it did not reduce the oral order to writing and file it within ten days of the dispositional hearing in accordance with Wis. Stat. sec. 48.427(1). We conclude that, for the purposes of Wis. Stat. sec. 48.427(1), the dispositional order is entered the day it is orally issued from the bench.

Because the order terminating Lazaro M.’s parental rights was timely, the trial court is affirmed.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist I, Milwaukee County, Foley, J., Curley, J.

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Timothy A. Provis, Madison

For Respondent: Phyllis M. DeCarvalho, Milwaukee

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