I.P. v. State

This case is before the court on petition for review of a published decision of the court of appeals, In re Interest of D.S.P., 157 Wis. 2d 106, 458 N.W.2d 823 (Ct. App. 1990). The court of appeals affirmed an order by the circuit court for Mari-nette County, Circuit Judge William J. Duffy, presiding. The order terminated the parental rights of I.P. and R.A.C.P. as to their child D.S.P., an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (the tribe), on grounds of abandonment under secs. 48.415(1)(a)2 and 3, Stats.1 We granted both parents' *469petitions for review of the court…