IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF NICHOLAS C.L.

No. 2005AP1754.

719 N.W.2d 508 (2006)

2006 WI App 119

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF NICHOLAS C.L., a minor. Nicholas C.L., Martin L., and Marlene L., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Julie R. L., Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioners-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Raymond E. Krek, Joann L. Miller, and Shawna L. Lee of Krek & Associates, S.C., Jefferson, and Christopher D. Walther of Walther Law Offices, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas M. Bartell, Jr., and Michael A. Baird of Stupar, Schuster, & Cooper, S.C., Milwaukee.

A nonparty brief was filed by Michael J. Finn of Law Office of Michael Finn, Hartland.

Before SNYDER, P.J., NETTESHEIM and ANDERSON, JJ.


¶ 1 SNYDER, P.J.

Nicholas C.L., Martin L., and Marlene L. appeal from an order dismissing Martin and Marlene's petition for guardianship of Nicholas.1 They contend that the circuit court erred in several respects, including applying an incorrect standard of law, imposing an improper burden of proof, and erroneously exercising its discretion when ruling on the credibility of witnesses. The record demonstrates that this was extremely...

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