STATE v. ALLEN M

No. 97-0852.

214 Wis.2d 302 (1997)

571 N.W.2d 872

IN the INTEREST OF TIFFANY NICOLE M., a person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. ALLEN M., Respondent-Appellant, PATRICIA A.M., a/k/a Patty A.T., Respondent-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ellen Henak, assistant state public defender. There was oral argument by Ellen Henak.

On behalf of the respondent-co-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James M. Weber, of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by James M. Weber.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James Doyle, attorney general, and Diane M. Nicks, assistant attorney general, and Phyllis DeCarvalho, assistant district attorney. There was oral argument by Diane M. Nicks and Phyllis DeCarvalho.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, Tiffany N.M., a brief was submitted by guardian ad litem Anne Marie Abell, of the Legal Aid Society of Milw., Inc., of Wauwatosa. There was oral argument by Anne Marie Abell.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


SCHUDSON, J.1

Patricia A.M., a/k/a Patty A.T., and Allen M. appeal from the trial court order terminating their parental rights to Tiffany N.M. The trial court found that their incestuous parenthood of Tiffany constituted "unfitness," pursuant to §§ 48.415(7) and 48.424(4), STATS.,2 and ultimately concluded that termination was appropriate, under §...

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