IN RE CUSTODY OF H.S.H.K.

No. 93-2911.

193 Wis.2d 649 (1995)

533 N.W.2d 419

IN RE the CUSTODY OF H.S.H.-K: Sandra Lynne HOLTZMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Elsbeth KNOTT, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief by Judith Sperling Newton, Carol M. Gapen and Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison and oral argument by Judith S. Newton.

For the respondent-respondent there was a brief by Charles Schutze, Kelly Kinzel and Schutze Law Offices, Madison and oral argument by Charles Schutze.

Guardian Ad Litem briefs were filed (in the Court of Appeals) by Linda S. Balisle and Balisle & Roberson, S.C., Madison and oral argument by Linda S. Balisle.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Shannan Wilber and Youth Law Center, San Francisco, CA; Marvin Ventrell and National Association of Counsel for Children, Denver CO and Joan Heifetz Hollinger, University of California, for the Youth Law Center and National Association of Counsel for Children.


SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

Sandra Lynne Holtzman appeals from an order of the circuit court for Dane county, George A.W. Northrup, circuit judge, dismissing her petition seeking custody of or visitation rights to H.S., the biological child of Elsbeth Knott. We granted the guardian ad litem's petition to bypass the court of appeals. Section (Rule) 809.60, Stats. 1991-92. We affirm that part of the order dismissing the petition...

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