Eason v. Welfare Commissioner

(dissenting.) I respectfully dissent. It seems to me that the plaintiff had the constitutional right to a hearing after the child was taken from her custody in October, 1974, and that General Statutes § 17-62 (f) is an appropriate avenue for pressing this claim under the unique circumstances of this case.

The thrust of the majority opinion in this regard is that the plaintiff received all the due process to which she was entitled by virtue of her appearance with counsel at the February, 1974, hearing when a finding of neglect by the natural mother was made and custody of the child was…