State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Myers

Both parents appeal an order of the circuit court terminating their rights to their infant son, contending they were denied due process by the court’s remarks during the hearing. Father also contends that the judge who heard the pretrial matters erred in failing to appoint an attorney to represent him and in entering into ex parte communications with counsel for the state and for mother in chambers. We affirm.

The child who is the subject of this proceeding was born on April 16, 1981, while mother was a patient at Dammasch State Hospital. Both parties were admitted to the hospital after a…