State v. Shirley E.

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals vacating an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Dennis R. Cimpl, Judge, and remanding the cause for further proceedings.1 The circuit court's order terminated Shirley E.'s parental rights to her biological son, Torrance E, Jr.

¶ 2. This case presents the issue of whether a circuit court may deny a parent in a termination of parental rights proceeding the statutory right to counsel when the parent has appeared in the proceeding but failed to personally attend a hearing in contravention of a court order and is…