Interest of T.P.S. v. G.O.

P.S., the mother of T.P.S., appeals an order dismissing her petition for termination of the father's parental rights. The mother argues that the trial court erred by determining that the one-year period necessary for finding abandonment by G.O., the father, under sec. 48.415(1)(a)3, Stats., must immediately precede the filing of the petition for involuntary termination of parental rights. Alternatively, she argues that even if the one-year period must immediately precede the filing of the petition, the two visits by the father were incidental contact under sec. 48.415(1)(b) and, therefore,…