Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re Davonta V.

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided October 10, 2006No. AC 26556Published

1DissentSchaller, J.

“The termination of parental rights ... is a drastic solution; it severs all ties between parent and child . . . A In re Bruce R., 234 Conn. 194, 214, 662 A.2d 107 (1995). In my view, this extreme measure was not warranted in this case. I conclude that this fourteen year old child’s best interest is *56decidedly not served by a termination of the respondent mother’s parental rights despite the fact, as the trial court correctly determined, the respondent has to this point not achieved a reasonable degree of rehabilitation under General Statutes § 17a-112 (j) (3) (B). The traditional analysis…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. In re Kezia M.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1993
  3. In re Samantha C.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. In re Nicolina T.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1987
  5. In re Bruce R.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995

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