R.D.K. v. Sheboygan County Social Services Department

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate an order terminating appellant Mr. K.’s parental rights to his six year old son. On appeal, Mr. K. argues that sec. 48.40(2) (b) and (d), Stats. (1977), 1 is void for vagueness, that due process required that less restrictive alternatives to termination should have been considered, that an improper standard of proof was applied and that the trial court abused its discretion. Finding no such statutory or procedural infirmities, we affirm the trial court’s decision.

On March 9, 1979, appellant Mr. K. was convicted of the second-degree…