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Argued December 13, 1990.
Decision released February 12, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Susan M. Cormier, with whom were William R. Moller, Robert B. Katz and, on the brief, Wesley W. Horton, for the appellant (respondent).
Barbara J. Ruhe, with whom was Jonathan W. A. Ruhe, for the appellees (petitioners).
Sue Ann Shay, with whom was Ann Hodgdon, for the minor child.
Clarine Nardi Riddle, then attorney general, and Mary-Anne Ziewacz Mulholland and Judith Merrill Earl, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief for Amy B. Wheaton, commissioner of the department of children and youth services, as amicus curiae.
PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS and HULL, Js.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
PETERS, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is the proper construction of General Statutes § 45-61f (f) (3),1 which authorizes termination of parental rights if there is "no ongoing parent child relationship." The trial court, acting on the petition of the child's legal guardians, relied on this statutory provision to terminate the parental rights of the respondent, the child's natural...
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