A.S. v. State

A.S. and R.A. appeal from an order terminating their parental rights to their children. The issues are: (1) whether the due process provisions of the United States Constitution provide a right to effective assistance of counsel in termination of parental rights (TPR) cases;1 (2) whether the parents' substantive due process rights were violated when they did not receive warnings under the newly amended sec. 48.415(2), Stats., in the CHIPS2 proceedings leading up to termination;3 and (3) whether they were prejudiced by special *692verdict questions inquiring into their failure to communicate with…