In Interest of Md (S)

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This is a review under sec. (Rule) 809.62, Stats., of a published decision of the court of appeals, In Interest of M.D.(S), 163 Wis. 2d 687, 472 N.W.2d 819 (Ct. App. 1991), which affirmed a decision of the circuit court for Dane County, Judge Daniel R. Moeser. The court of appeals held that a statutory right to appointment of counsel in a termination of parental rights proceeding does not encompass a right to effective counsel. The sole issue on review is whether the petitioners were entitled to effective counsel where a statute confers the right to appointed counsel in…