C.N. v. Waukesha County Community Human Services Department

The natural mother, C.N., appeals from an order which found her minor child, S.S.K., to be in need of protection and services under sec. 48.13(2), Stats., and placed him outside the home. She also appeals a post-dispositional order. The following issues are raised.

*608(1) Whether C.N. was denied effective assistance of counsel. We conclude that such a claim does not lie in a proceeding alleging a child to be in need of protection or services (CHIPS).(2) Whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow C.N.’s attorney, Frank Cappozzo, to withdraw. In light of the pretrial tactics which C.N. and…