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HAO THI POPP v. LUCAS

182 Conn. 545 (1980)

HAO THI POPP v. RICHARD LUCAS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy V. Katz, with whom were Richard A. Bieder, and, on the brief, Theodore I. Koskoff, for the appellant-appellee (plaintiff).

Douglas R. Daniels and Paul Sherbacow, for the appellees-appellants (defendants).

Martin Guggenheim and Nancy Stearns filed a brief as amici curiae.

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, PETERS, HEALEY and PARSKEY, JS.

BOGDANSKI, J.

This controversy arose out of a unique factual context, one which occurs perhaps once in a generation: The separation in wartime of children from their parents. It has given rise to six appeals, all of which stem from the same chain of events starting in Vietnam in the 1970s.

The plaintiff is the mother of two minor children, Mark and Paul, who are the subject of this action. The plaintiff is also the...

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