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STATE v. APRIL O.

Nos. 99-2485, 99-2486, 99-2487.

233 Wis.2d 663 (2000)

2000 WI App 70

607 N.W.2d 927

IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO EVERETT W.O., a Person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. APRIL O., Respondent-Appellant. IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO TAYLOR J.O., a Person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. APRIL O., Respondent-Appellant. IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO BRANDON R.O., a Person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. APRIL O., Respondent-Appellant, STEVEN P., Respondent-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, April O., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Margaret A. Maroney, assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the respondent-co-appellant, Steven P., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Len Kachinsky of Kachinsky & Petit Law Offices, Neenah.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas J. Walsh of Walsh & Walsh, S.C., De Pere.

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

¶ 1. PETERSON, J.

April O. and Steven P. appeal orders terminating their parental rights. They argue the circuit court lost competency to proceed when it failed to hold their initial and dispositional hearings within mandatory time limits. WISCONSIN STAT. § 48.315(2) allowed the court to extend those time limits, but only upon a showing of good cause in open court.2 The issue is whether the court lost competency when, although...

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