IN RE INTEREST OF PHILIP W.

Nos. 94-1157, 94-1158.

189 Wis.2d 432 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 384

IN RE the INTEREST OF PHILIP W., a Person Under the Age of 18 Years: WALWORTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent, v. ELIZABETH W., Respondent-Appellant. IN RE the INTEREST OF LUANNE W., a Person Under the Age of 18 Years: WALWORTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Respondent, v. ELIZABETH W., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Brian Findley, assistant state public defender; Evelyn Mazack, legal counsel, state public defender; and Jack Schairer, first assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Ruchadina L. Waddell, assistant corporation counsel.

On behalf of the minors, the cause was submitted on the brief of Leslie L. Johnson of Delavan.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.


ANDERSON, P.J.

Elizabeth W. appeals from orders of the trial court entered on September 22, 1993, terminating her parental rights, and an order entered on April 18, 1994, denying her postdispositional motion. Because we conclude that summary judgment is inappropriate in involuntary termination of parental rights (TPR) cases, we reverse the trial court's grant of summary judgment.

TPR petitions were filed on July 7, 1993, in the interest of Philip W. and Luanne...

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