State v. James P., 2005 WI 80, affirming, 2004 WI App 124 Issue: Whether biological father’s parental rights could be terminated on the ground of “abandonment” where he was not adjudicated as father until after alleged periods of abandonment. Holding: ¶15 We hold that an individual who is in fact the biological father of a… Read more
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