Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//October 23, 2015//

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Civil

Court of Appeals – District

Officials: HIGGINBOTHAM, J.

Termination of Parental Rights

2015AP252

La Crosse Co. HSD v. C.J.T.

C.J.T. appeals a circuit court order terminating her parental rights to her son, J.M. C.J.T. contends that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel on five grounds, relating to counsel’s failure to object to the admission of certain testimony and the GAL’s improper invocation of the best interests of the child standard during her opening statements and closing arguments. C.J.T. also contends that the trial court erred in admitting prejudicial hearsay evidence and that the GAL had an impermissible conflict of interest. For the reasons explained below, we reject C.J.T.’s arguments and affirm.

Decision

Affirmed.

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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