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Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//November 23, 2021//

Termination of Parental Rights

By: Derek Hawkins//November 23, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: La Crosse County Department of Human Services v. B.B., et al.,

Case No.: 2020AP2030; 2020AP2031

Officials: GRAHAM, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

B.B. and E.B. appeal orders entered by the circuit court terminating their parental rights after a jury found that their children were in continuing need of protection or services. B.B. and E.B. argue that, throughout the grounds phase of the proceeding, the guardian ad litem improperly invoked the children’s best interests in her arguments to the jury and in the testimony she elicited from witnesses. Separately, B.B. argues that the circuit court violated her due process rights by holding the dispositional hearing via videoconferencing technology. I reject these arguments and affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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