Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//January 22, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. A.S.,

Case No.: 2017AP1349

Officials: BRENNAN, J

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

A.S. appeals orders terminating his parental rights to K. and denying his post-disposition motion. On appeal, he renews his argument that he is entitled to a new dispositional hearing because the trial court erred when it denied his trial counsel’s request for a continuance and proceeded to hold the dispositional hearing even though A.S. had failed to appear. A.S. argues that we review the denial de novo, that good cause existed to grant a continuance as his counsel requested, and that holding the hearing without A.S. violated his constitutional and statutory rights. 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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