DOOR COUNTY DHFS v. SCOTT S.

No. 99-0719.

230 Wis.2d 460 (1999)

602 N.W.2d 167

IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF KRISTEENA A.M.S., a Person Under the Age of 18: DOOR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY SERVI CES, Petitioner-Respondent, v. SCOTT S., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mary E. Waitrovich, assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lisa M. Vanden Branden, assistant district attorney, of Sturgeon Bay.

A guardian ad litem brief was submitted by Colleen A. Cote, of Kirkegaard Law Office, of Sturgeon Bay.

Before Cane, C.J., Hoover, P.J., and Peterson, J.


HOOVER, P.J.

Scott S. appeals the circuit court's order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, Kristeena A.M.S., and the denial of his motion for a new trial. Scott argues six points of error: (1) the circuit court violated his due process rights by directing a verdict on one of the statutory elements; (2) Scott's counsel was ineffective because he failed to object to the circuit court directing a verdict; (3) the motion for a new trial should have been...

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