Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//December 16, 2015//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: Adams co. DHHS v. D.S.

Case No: 2015AP1937

Officials: HIGGINBOTHAM, J.

Practice Area: Termination of Parental Rights

D.S. appeals a circuit court order terminating her parental rights to her daughter, J.S. D.S. contends that the Adams County Department of Health and Human Services (the County)2 violated her substantive due process rights by imposing conditions of return that were impossible for her to meet and impermissibly relying on D.S.’s “poverty” in support of the County’s allegation that D.S. failed to satisfy the conditions of return of J.S. D.S. also contends that the circuit court erred in concluding that termination of D.S.’s parental rights was in J.S.’s best interests. For the reasons explained below, we reject D.S.’s arguments and 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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