Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//April 25, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. T.G., Sr.,

Case No.: 2017AP1715

Officials: BRASH, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

T.G. Sr. appeals an order terminating his parental rights of T.G. Jr., as well as the denial of his postdispositional motion to withdraw his no contest plea. In that motion, and in this appeal, T.G. Sr. argues that he should be permitted to withdraw his no contest plea because he has mental health issues that adversely affected his ability to understand the termination proceedings, and because his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to fully explain that he was waiving his right to a jury trial. He further argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion without an evidentiary hearing. We reject his claims 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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