June 28, 2024 – A circuit court must wait at least two days before adjudicating the dispositional phase of a termination-of-parental-rights (TPR) trial when the parent has failed to appear, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has held (5-2) in State v. R.A.M.2024 WI 26 (June 25, 2024).
Justice Jill Karofsky wrote the majority opinion, joined