STATE v. SHIRLEY E.

No. 2005AP2752.

290 Wis.2d 193 (2006)

2006 WI App 55

711 N.W.2d 690

IN RE the TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO TORRANCE P., Jr., a person under the age of 18: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. SHIRLEY E., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Andrea Taylor Cornwall, assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of E. Michael McCann, district attorney, and Rebecca A. Kiefer, assistant district attorney, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of Torrance P. a brief was filed by the guardian ad litem Shelia Hill-Roberts, of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc.

Before Fine, Curley and Kessler, JJ.


¶ 1. FINE, J.

Shirley E. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to Torrance L. P., Jr. Although in default, she contends that the trial court deprived her of her right to an attorney during the dispositional phase of the proceedings when the State was obligated to prove grounds supporting the order. See Evelyn C.R. v. Tykila S., 2001 WI 110, ¶¶ 3, 24-26, 246 Wis.2d...

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