IN RE MARRIAGE OF D.L.J.

No. 89-1142.

162 Wis.2d 420 (1991)

469 N.W.2d 877

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF D.L.J. and R.R.J.: J.J., Appellant, v. R.J., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Reesa Evans of Madison.

A nonparty brief was filed on behalf of R.J., by Deborah Mulligan of Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. of Madison.

For the respondent, D.J., the cause was submitted on the brief of Stan C. Johnson of Monona.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.


SUNDBY, J.

J.L.J., a minor, by her guardian ad litem, appeals from that part of a divorce judgment "which terminated the parental rights of [the husband]"1 and denied visitation between her and the husband. We conclude that denial of visitation between a child and the alleged father in a divorce proceeding does not terminate the alleged father's parental rights. We further conclude that the mother is equitably estopped from contesting...

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