In re Guardianship of D.K‪.‬

1. Robin K. appeals an order denying her guardianship petition. The subject of the petition was a three-year-old child, James D.K. The mother of James, Lamanda M., opposed the petition. The issue on appeal concerns the applicable standard used to award guardianship of a child over a parents objection. Robin contends the court should have used the best interest of the child standard. However, we conclude that courts must apply the much stricter standard of parental unfitness set forth in Barstad v. Frazier, 118 Wis. 2d 549, 568, 348 N.W.2d 479 (1984). Because Robin does not contend that Lamanda was an unfit mother under the Barstad standard, we affirm.