Family Law – Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//July 27, 2015//

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Civil

WI Court of Appeals – District II

Officials: GUNDRUM, J

Family Law – Termination of Parental Rights

15AP151 Kenosha County DHS v. A.C.

A.C. appeals the circuit court order terminating his parental rights to J.A.M. A.C. argues that the termination order should be vacated because his trial counsel provided him ineffective assistance with regard to the petition to terminate his parental rights to J.A.M. Specifically, he asserts counsel was ineffective in (1) failing to inform him “that his incarceration standing alone was not a sufficient basis to terminate his parental rights” and (2) failing to “file a motion to dismiss the termination petition on the basis that the grounds were unconstitutional as applied to [A.C.] because, based on his incarceration, the conditions for return were impossible to meet.” We disagree with A.C. and affirm.

Decision

Affirmed.

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