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April 3, 2013
In re Leeanna B., Conn. App. April 3, 2013 GRANDPARENT VISITATION, CONTEMPT, JURISDICTION In this procedurally complicated case, the respondent parent appealed from a juvenile court order granting grandparent visitation. Leeanna had been placed with grandmother as a relative foster placement shortly after birth and remained with her for a year and a half. Subsequently, [...]
April 1, 2013
In re Elijah J Conn. App. February 22, 2013 Termination of Parental Rights / Standing Silent / Adverse Inference Sheldon, J. The key question in this termination of parental rights appeal was whether the trial court improperly construed the non-custodial, incarcerated father’s prior decision to “stand silent” at the neglect phase of the proceeding as [...]
March 27, 2013
In re Jason M. Conn. App. January 30, 2013 Termination of Parental Rights, Due Process, Failure to Rehabilitate Respondent mother appealed trial court’s judgment terminating her parental rights to her four children, claiming that the court improperly found that DCF made reasonable efforts to reunify her with her children, that she had failed to rehabilitate [...]
March 1, 2013
IN RE ISAIAH J. ET AL: RIGHT TO COUNSEL, EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE, APPELLATE COUNSEL Argued November 13, 2012—officially released January 24, 2013 (Lavine, J.) The appellate court affirmed the trial court’s judgment terminating the respondent mother’s parental rights and rejected her claims that she was 1) denied the right to change counsel, 2) provided ineffective [...]
November 20, 2012
Conn. Appellate Court November 20, 2012 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DUE PROCESS, COMPETENCY In this appeal of a termination of parental rights decision, the respondent mother claimed (1) that Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-112 violates her substantive due process rights because it is not sufficiently and narrowly tailored, and (2) the court abused its discretion [...]
October 16, 2012
Conn. App. Oct. 16, 2012 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS/TRANSFER OF GUARDIANSHIP/JUDICIAL RECUSAL (with concurrence) The appellate court affirmed the judgment terminating the respondent mother’s parental rights, denying her claims that the court (1) “failed to undertake an independent analysis of the law and facts of the case; (2) abused its discretion when it failed to [...]
September 18, 2012
Connecticut Supreme Court September 18, 2012 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS/BURDEN OF PROOF/SPLIT DECISION In this termination of parental rights appeal, the Supreme Court addresses whether the trial court improperly placed the burden of proof on the respondent mother to demonstrate that she had rehabilitated and could resume her role as a parent. The trial court [...]
August 28, 2012
Conn. App. July, 2012 ORDER OF TEMPORARY CUSTODY APPEAL Respondent mother appealed from an order of the trial court sustaining the ex-parte orders for temporary custody of the minor children. Respondent mother essentially claimed that because the allegations contained in DCF’s neglect petition and corresponding application for Order for Temporary Custody pre-dated the request for [...]
August 27, 2012
Conn. App. August 2012 ADVERSE INFERENCE/COURT’S ARTICULATION In this termination of parental rights appeal, the respondent mother claimed that the court erred by taking an adverse inference from her failure to testify without having first provided prior notice. Secondarily, the respondent claimed that the court’s subsequent articulation as to this matter was an attempt [...]
August 14, 2012
Connecticut Supreme Court August, 2012 AT ISSUE: COMPETENCY EVALUATION OF PARENT In this appeal of a neglect case, the Supreme Court granted cert to address whether, during proceedings to commit a minor child who has been adjudicated neglected to the custody of the commissioner of children and families, a respondent parent is entitled to a [...]
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