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ELGIN AND CAROL W. v. DHFS

No. 97-3595.

221 Wis.2d 36 (1998)

584 N.W.2d 195

IN RE the CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF JEFFREY A.W., ELGIN AND CAROL W., Petitioners-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent-Respondent. IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF JEFFREY A.W., ELGIN AND CAROL W., Petitioners-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent-Respondent, JEFF AND TAMRA T., Interested Party.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioners-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Judith Sperling Newton, Carol M. Gapen, and Laura Skilton Verhoff of Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen of Madison. On behalf of Jeffrey A.W., a brief was submitted by Lois E. Rentmeester of Madison, guardian ad litem.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, with Laura Sutherland, assistant attorney general.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman, P.J., and Roggensack, J.

EICH, C.J.

Elgin and Carol W., the maternal grandparents of Jeffrey A.W., appeal from orders dismissing their petitions for custody, guardianship and visitation. The parental rights of Jeffrey's biological father and mother were terminated in an earlier proceeding, and his guardian ad litem and the Dane County Department of Human Services, in whose custody Jeffrey had been placed pursuant to an earlier CHIPS (Child...

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