STATE v. FREDERICK H.

Nos. 00-3035, 00-3036.

246 Wis.2d 215 (2001)

2001 WI App 141

630 N.W.2d 734

IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO SHAWN S., a Person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. FREDERICK H., Respondent-Appellant, AMANDA S., Respondent-Co-Appellant. IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO JOSEPH S., a Person Under the Age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. FREDERICK H., Respondent-Appellant, AMANDA S., Respondent-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant Frederick H., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Timothy A. Provis of Madison.

On behalf of the respondent-co-appellant Amanda S., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ronald J. Sonderhouse of Kay & Kay Law Firm of Brookfield.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Phyllis DeCarvalho, assistant district attorney, Milwaukee.

A nonparty brief was filed by the guardian ad litem, Cynthia A. Lepkowski of Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc., Guardian ad Litem Division.

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


¶ 1. CURLEY, J.

Amanda S. and Frederick H. appeal from the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their children, Joseph S. and Shawn S. The trial court determined that they were unfit based on the grounds found in WIS. STAT. § 48.415(4)—that they had been denied visitation with the children by a court order which remained in effect for more than one year.1 The trial court later determined that it was...

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