State ex rel. Julie A.B. v. Circuit Court for Sheboygan County

NETTESHEIM, PJ.

¶ 1. This is a termination of parental rights (TPR) case.1 The issue is whether more than one substitution of judge is allowed in a termination of parental rights proceeding. Julie A.B., the *289mother of the minor child, filed a substitution of judge request and obtained the assignment of a new judge for the judge originally assigned. Later, the guardian ad litem (GAL) for the minor child filed a substitution request and obtained the assignment of yet another judge. Julie challenged this assignment, contending that Wis. Stat. § 48.29(1), the statute governing judicial…