Legal Opinion
In re Christopher A.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 21, 1990No. 7459PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the designated representative of the petitioner, the commissioner of the department of children and youth services (DCYS), is a party to a termination of parental rights proceeding and, if so, whether the trial court should have allowed this representative to be present during this proceeding. We conclude that the designated representative is a party whose presence should have been allowed by the trial court in this case.
The following facts are relevant to the disposition of this appeal. On August 24,1984, the respondent father was convicted of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. PikulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Cinque v. BoydSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- State v. DiBellaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Anderson v. SnyderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- Rozbicki v. HuybrechtsConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
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3Cited by4 opinions
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