Termination of Parental Rights

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Pierce County v. C.S.

Case No.: 2015AP1464; 2015AP1463

Officials: STARK, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

C. S. appeals orders terminating her parental rights to her sons, D. S. and K. S., and an order denying her postdisposition motion. C. S. argues her first trial attorney was ineffective by failing to object to the circuit court’s determination that C. S. had waived her right to request a jury trial, and her second trial attorney was ineffective by failing to prepare adequately for the continued dispositional hearing. C. S. also argues the circuit court erred by denying her second trial attorney’s request for a continuance; by admitting D. S.’s therapist’s testimony regarding C.S.’s relationships with the children; by concluding the termination of C. S.’s parental rights was in the children’s best interest; and by relying on inaccurate information and information outside the record when denying C. S.’s postdisposition motion. We reject these arguments and affirm.

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