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Juveniles – TPR — ineffective assistance

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 10, 2014//

Juveniles – TPR — ineffective assistance

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//July 10, 2014//

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Juveniles – TPR — ineffective assistance

Mable K. appeals orders of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to Isaiah H. and May K. and an order denying her motion for a new trial. On appeal, Mable K. makes two arguments. First, she argues that her trial counsel was ineffective for failing to prevent the introduction, or reduce the impact on the jury, of evidence regarding Mable K.’s lack of contact with her children after the period of alleged abandonment. Second, she argues that the circuit court erred in allowing evidence of specific instances of prior untruthful conduct on her part to be used at trial. For the following reasons, I affirm the challenged orders. This opinion will not be published.

2014AP398, 2014AP399 In re the termination of parental rights to Isaiah H.

Dist IV, Dane County, Smith, J., Blanchard, P.J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Brehm, Philip J., Janesville; For Respondent: Rehfeldt, Gary, Madison

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