Brown County Department of Social Services v. C., Lydia E.

Brown County appeals an order authorizing attorney John A. Evans, appointed by the State Public Defender (SPD) to represent one of the parents in a termination of parental rights action, to pay expert witness fees and to submit the bills to the court "for reimbursement from Brown County." The order also provides that "Brown County may seek reimbursement from the State Public Defender's Office as it deems *514appropriate under the circumstances."2 Because the county is not responsible for defense expert's fee under In re Payment of Witness Fees in State v. Huisman, 167 Wis. 2d 168, 175-76, 482…