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March 14, 2019
In re Bianca K. AC 41819 – March 2019 Termination of Parental Rights: Personal Rehabilitation Respondent mother appealed a judgment of the trial court, terminating her parental rights on the basis that she failed to achieve the requisite degree of personal rehabilitation required by statute (§17a-112[j][3][B][i]). Bianca, the child, was initially removed from mother, who […]
February 15, 2019
In re Jacob W et al. SC 20063 – February 15, 2019 Termination of Parental Rights No Ongoing Parent-Child Relationship Respondent father appealed a judgment of the Appellate Court, which had reversed the trial court’s denial of grandmother’s petitions to terminate his parental rights with respect to his 3 children, Jacob, N, and C. Father […]
November 26, 2018
In re Madison M. – 185 Conn. App. 512 (2018) – October Reasonable Efforts Personal Rehabilitation Provision of Specific Steps & Harmless Error Respondent father appealed the termination of his parental rights as to his three children, based on his failure to achieve a sufficient degree of personal rehabilitation. At the time the case was […]
November 7, 2018
In re Lilyana et al. – 186 Conn. App. 96 (2018) – November Termination of Parental Rights Claim of Deliberate Non-accidental Assault Coterminous Neglect Respondent mother appealed a finding terminating her rights as to her older daughter, Lilyana, claiming that the trial court had insufficient evidence to determine that she committed an assault through […]
October 30, 2018
In re Zakai F. – 185 Conn. App. 752 (2018) – November Revocation of Guardianship Respondent mother appealed a trial court judgment denying her motion for the reinstatement of guardianship of her minor son, Zakai. In July 2013, mother voluntarily agreed to relinquish temporary guardianship of Zakai to his aunt, while mother pursued employment, housing, […]
August 6, 2018
In re Joheli V. – 184 Conn. App. 259 (2018) – August Failure to Rehabilitate In August 2015, DCF filed a neglect petition, alleging that Joheli, who had cerebral palsy and was confined to a wheelchair, was living in conditions injurious to her well-being. In September, she was adjudicated neglected and the court ordered 6 […]
July 25, 2018
In re Briana G. – 183 Conn. App. 724 (2018) – July Reasonable efforts Failure to rehabilitate In October 2015, DCF took a 96-hour hold on Briana, a newborn, after mother tested positive for opiates and marijuana at birth. It then filed neglect petitions on the other two children in the family, as well as […]
July 24, 2018
In re Zoey H. 183 Conn. App. 327 (2018) Procedural Due Process Substantive Due Process Revocation of DCF Commitment Respondent father appealed from the judgement of the trial court denying his second motion to revoke the commitment of his daughter, Zoey, to the Department of Children and Families. Zoey was born in May 2015 and […]
July 6, 2018
In re Katherine H. Connecticut Appellate Court 183 Conn. App. 320 (2018) July 6, 2018 Standard of Review for Factual Findings, Neglect, Order of Temporary Custody/Commitment This case is an appeal by the respondent mother from the trial court’s adjudication of neglect of her minor children and commitment of the children to the custody of […]
March 28, 2018
In re Kyllan V. 180 Conn. App. 132 (2018) Collateral Estoppel Termination of Parental Rights The respondent father appealed from the judgment of the trial court terminating his parental rights with respect to his minor child, K. The petitioner, K’s mother, sought to terminate the father’s parental rights on the grounds of parental commission or […]
