Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//September 19, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Sheboygan County Department of Health & Human Services, v. K.N.L.

Case No.: 2017AP2413

Officials: GUNDRUM, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

K.N.L. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to J.B.L. following a jury trial. She argues the circuit court erred in declining to strike a challenged prospective juror for cause because the prospective juror was biased. She also appeals from an order denying her claim that her trial counsel performed ineffectively in relation to how counsel handled the striking of the prospective juror. Because we agree with the circuit court that the prospective juror was not biased, we conclude the court did not err in declining to strike her for cause. Even if the court did err, however, because the prospective juror never made it on to the jury, we conclude any alleged error was harmless. We also conclude counsel did not perform ineffectively. We affirm.

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