Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//December 19, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. S.N.N.

Case No.: 2016AP2102; 2016AP2103

Officials: BRASH, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

S.N.N. appeals from orders terminating her parental rights for N.L.P. and M.P.P. She contends that her plea was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily made and thus she should be permitted to withdraw it. She further asserts that her trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to testimony regarding the foster parents’ proposed intent to allow contact to continue between S.N.N. and the children after the termination of parental rights was final, and seeks to vacate the termination of parental rights orders entered in this case. We 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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