Date: 09-18-2024

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In re the termination of parental rights to F.R.W.

Case Number: 2023TP4

Judge: Douglas R. Edelstin

Court: Circuit Court, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Plaintiff's Attorney: Fond du Lac County District Attorney's Office

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¶1 Following a fact-finding hearing on Anaya Daniel's petition to terminate Gerald Bartel's parental rights to their daughter, Franny,[2] a jury found that Bartel had abandoned Franny. The circuit court subsequently terminated Bartel's parental rights to Franny after determining that doing so was in her best interest.

¶2 Bartel now appeals, asserting that the circuit court erred in denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) as well as in denying his motion to dismiss the petition on the bases that Daniel had unclean hands in pursuing the petition and/or that the abandonment statute as applied to him violated his substantive due process rights. Daniel and Franny's guardian ad litem (GAL) contend the circuit court did not err.

A.M.D. v. G.R.B. (In re F.R.W.), 2024AP1071 (Wis. App. Sep 18, 2024)

Outcome: For the following reasons, we conclude the court did not err, and we affirm.

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