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IN RE DORRAJ J.J.

Nos. 2012AP2387, 2012AP2388.

836 N.W.2d 860 (2013)

2013 WI App 102

In re the termination of parental rights to DORRAJ J.J., a person under the age of 18. Walworth County Department of Health & Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Roberta J. W., Respondent-Appellant. In re the termination of parental rights to Exsavon A.J., a person under the age of 18. Walworth County Department of Health & Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Roberta J. W., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed July 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Faun M. Moses , assistant state public defender of Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Michelle M. Snead , assistant corporation counsel, Elkhorn.

Before BROWN, C.J., NEUBAUER, P.J., and GUNDRUM, J.

GUNDRUM, J.1

¶ 1 Terminating a parent's rights to his or her child affects some of that parent's most fundamental human rights. Evelyn C.R. v. Tykila S., 2001 WI 110, ¶ 20, 246 Wis.2d 1, 629 N.W.2d 768. The permanency of termination orders "work[s] a unique kind of deprivation ... involv[ing] the awesome authority of the State to destroy permanently...

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