State v. Porrot

The state welfare commissioner, acting through his authorized deputy, brought a verified petition under § 17-324 of the General Statutes for an order by the Circuit Court directed to the defendant, described in the petition as the “successor trustee of said patient [Minnie Zungola] under the will of Carmine Zungola,” praying “for payment of such support as the Court shall find to be reasonably commensurate with the responsibility of such . . . [defendant] as provided in Section 17-295, and an order for payment of any arrearage.”1 The state claimed in the petition that at the *402billed rates,…