By: Derek Hawkins//July 24, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. M.A.H.
Case No.: 2017AP1785; 2017AP1786
Officials: DUGAN, J.
Focus: Termination of Parental Rights
M.A.H. appeals from the orders terminating her parental rights to K.H. and M.H. and the orders denying her postdisposition motion. She contends that the no-contest plea agreement that she entered into was inherently coercive, and her plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. She also asserts that this court should order a new trial in the interest of justice.
For the reasons stated below, we conclude that M.A.H.’s claim of inherent coercion is not supported by the record, and that the trial court properly determined that M.A.H.’s no-contest plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Furthermore, M.A.H. has not established a basis for a new trial. Therefore, we affirm.