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Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//November 5, 2015//

Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//November 5, 2015//

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Criminal

Court of Appeals – District I

Officials: BRENNAN, J.

Termination of Parental Rights

2015AP245 State of Wisconsin v. K.G.

Mr. G appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to A.K. and from an order denying his postdisposition motion. He argues that: (1) the trial court failed to ensure that his stipulation to grounds was made voluntarily and with an understanding of the nature of the failure-to-assumeparental-responsibility ground; (2) WIS. STAT. § 48.415(6), as applied to him, violates his right to substantive due process; and (3) the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it denied him a new dispositional hearing based upon alleged newly discovered evidence. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

Affirmed

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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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