Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//July 27, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. V.A.

Case No.: 2015AP1614

Officials: BRASH, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

V.A. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her son, M.R.H. She also appeals the order denying her postdispositional motion.2 V.A. makes the following arguments on appeal: (1) trial counsel was ineffective; (2) it is unconstitutional to terminate her parental rights when she was incompetent at the time she entered her plea to the underlying CHIPS petition; (3) WIS. STAT. § 48.415(6) is unconstitutional as applied; (4) the circuit court erred in admitting foster parent testimony, creating a comparison of parenting abilities; and (5) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient. We disagree and affirm.

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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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