In re Elisabeth H.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a trial court’s adjudication of two minor children as neglected, uncared for and abused youths within the meaning of General Statutes § 46b-120,1 without any *217judgment as to the consequences of that determination, is a final judgment for the purpose of appellate review. The underlying matter concerns two identical petitions alleging abuse and neglect, filed by the department of children and families on October 5, 1993, concerning Elisabeth H. and Catherine H., who are sisters. At the time the petitions were brought, Elisabeth H. was fourteen years…