Garrett's Appeal from Probate

The dispositive issue in these consolidated cases is whether the trial court properly concluded that a parent’s record of intentional nonsupport of his family demonstrated, by clear and convincing evidence, a failure to meet parental responsibilities within the meaning of General Statutes § 45a-6101 and warranted his removal as the guardian of his children. *235After the death of the mother of two minor children, the plaintiff, Gloria Castillo, the children’s maternal aunt, filed petitions in the Probate Court for the removal of the children’s father, the defendant, Johnnie Garrett, as their…