Termination of Parental Rights.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. S.M.T.

Case No.: 2018AP2113; 2018AP2114; 2018AP2115

Officials: BRASH, J.

Focus: Termination of Parental Rights

S.M.T. appeals the trial court's orders terminating her parental rights of S.A.D.T., S.L., and S.L. S.M.T. argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's ruling that the State had proven the two grounds set forth in its petition: that the children were in continuing need of protective services and there was a substantial likelihood that S.M.T. would not meet the court-ordered conditions for their return within nine months of the hearing on the petition; and that S.M.T. had failed to...