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· 9/8/1999

Door County Department of Health & Family Services v. Scott S.

Citations

  • 602 N.W.2d 167
  • 230 Wis. 2d 460
  • 1999 Wisc. App. LEXIS 988

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating “the best interests standard is confined to the dispositional phase, and … at the [grounds] stage, the best interests of the child are not to be considered”
  • directed verdict pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 805.14(4) applies in TPR proceedings
  • directed verdict pursuant to Wis. Stat. ง 805.14(4) applies in TPR proceedings
  • “Only when the court or the GAL instruct the jury that it should consider the best interests of the child is there reversible error.” (emphasis added)
  • directed verdict pursuant to Wis. Stat. ง 805.14(4) applies in TPR proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cane, Hoover, Peterson

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