Legal Opinion
In re T.K.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 29, 2008No. AC 28458PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVINE, J.
“Parents have a constitutionally protected right to raise and care for their own children. . . . This right is not free from intervention by the state, however, when the continuing parens patriae interest of the state in the well being of children is deemed by law to supersede parental interests.” (Citation omitted.) In re Juvenile Appeal (83-DE), 190 Conn. 310, 318-19, 460 A.2d 1277 (1983); see Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 766, 102 S. Ct. 1388, 71 L. Ed. 2d 599 (1982). In furtherance of the state’s parens patriae interest, the legislature *504has enacted a comprehensive…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In re Migdalia M.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- In Re Juvenile Appeal (83-De)Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- In Re Allison G.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- In re Jeffrey C.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Misthopoulos v. MisthopoulosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Maturo v. MaturoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Hogan v. Department of Children & FamiliesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- In Re Tayler F.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- In Re TKConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
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