IN INTEREST OF T.L.

No. 88-0836.

151 Wis.2d 725 (1989)

445 N.W.2d 729

IN the INTEREST OF T.L., A Person Under the Age of Eighteen: E.H., Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Curt M. Weber, of Wauwatosa.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of E. Michael McCann, district attorney, by Christine M. Kraus, assistant district attorney, of Wauwatosa.

For E.H. the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph G. Alioto, guardian ad litem for E.H., of Milwaukee.

For T.L. the cause was submitted on the briefs of Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc., by Anne Marie Abell, guardian ad litem for T.L., of Milwaukee.

Before Moser, P.J., Sullivan and Fine, JJ.


MOSER, P.J.

E.H. appeals from a corrected dispositional order which determined that her son, T.L., was in need of protective services, and placed him in the custody of the Milwaukee County Department of Social Services (DSS) for one year. We accept E.H.'s argument that the dispositional order must be reversed because her guardian ad litem (GAL) waived contest of the "Child in Need of Protective Services" (CHIPS) petition, even though her expressed wishes were to contest...

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