Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//November 13, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. M.G.

Case No.: 2018AP835

Officials: BRENNAN, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

M.G. appeals from a trial court order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, M.W. He argues that the trial court erred in concluding that termination of his parental rights was in the best interest of his daughter because the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard when it stated during the dispositional phase that M.G. did not have a “substantial, parental relationship with [M.W.], and for that reason it would not be harmful to [M.W.] to sever that legal relationship.”

Because we conclude that the record shows that the trial court properly considered the relevant facts, applied the proper standard of law, and reached a conclusion that a reasonable court could reach, we affirm. See Bank Mut. v. S.J. Boyer Constr., Inc., 2010 WI 74, ¶20, 326 Wis. 2d 521, 785 N.W.2d 462.

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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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