Matter of Kowalzek

HEDRICK, Judge.

Petitioner assigns as error the trial court’s failure to award her immediate permanent custody of the child. In her brief petitioner contends that the trial court is powerless to award custody of an infant to a third party without finding as a fact that the natural parent is unfit to accept the responsibilities of custody, care and tuition of the child. We disagree.

General Statute § 50-13.2(a) requires the trial court to “award the custody of such child to such person, agency, organization or institution as will, in the opinion of the judge, best promote the interest and…