In re Juvenile Appeal

I disagree with the majority’s view that the intervention of the foster parents as parties in the parental termination proceeding denied the respondent a fair hearing. I am, therefore, unable to concur that a new trial, at which the foster parents may be present only as witnesses or observers, is necessary.

I have no quarrel with the majority’s view that the permissibility of intervention by foster parents in a custodial placement or revocation proceeding; General Statutes § 46b-129(i); does not mandate the same result in a parental termination hearing. I am not convinced, however, that the…