Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//July 24, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. K.C.H,

Case No.: 2017AP1787; 2017AP1788

Officials: DUGAN, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

K.C.H. appeals from the orders terminating his parental rights to K.H. and M.H. and the orders denying his postdisposition motion. He contends that the no-contest plea agreement that he entered into was inherently coercive, and his plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. He also asserts that this court should order a new trial in the interest of justice.

For the reasons stated below, we conclude that K.C.H.’s claim of inherent coercion is not supported by the record, and that the trial court properly determined that K.C.H.’s no-contest plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Furthermore, K.C.H. has not established a basis for a new trial. Therefore, 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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