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STATE EX REL. LEWIS v. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES

No. State 12.

68 Wis.2d 36 (1975)

227 N. W. 2d 643

STATE EX REL. LEWIS, and another, Appellants, v. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant Jerry D. Rothstein there were briefs by William G. Rice of Madison and Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen of Milwaukee, attorney, and Robert C. Burrell of Milwaukee, of counsel.

For appellant John Thomas Lewis there was a brief by Bruce C. O'Neill of Milwaukee, guardian ad litem for John Thomas Lewis.

For the respondents there was a brief by Hamilton & Mueller of Dodgeville, attorneys for the adoptive parents; a brief by Ralph von Briesen of Milwaukee, attorney for Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, and Stephen W. Hayes and von Briesen, Redmond, Schilling & Kreunen of counsel, all of Milwaukee.

For Karen Lewis there was a brief by John D. Heywood and Heywood & Hayes, all of Hudson.

No. State 12 (August Term, 1970).

Submitted under sec. (Rule) 251.54 February 5, 1975.

WILKIE, C. J.

This is the fourth time this habeas corpus proceeding has come to this court. The controversy involves the termination of the parental rights of Jerry D. Rothstein, the putative father of John Thomas Lewis, born to Karen Lewis in July, 1968. When the parental rights of Karen Lewis were terminated in August of 1968 by the La Crosse county court, Jerry...

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