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Argued May 6, 1992.
Decision released August 18, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kathryn Emmett, with whom were Deborah Fins, Martha Stone, JoNel Newman, Sara R. Martin and, on the brief, Joan E. Bertin, for the appellant (respondent mother).
Maureen D. Regula, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (petitioner).
Jewel A. Gutman, for the minor child.
Janet Bond Arterton, Sara L. Mandelbaum, Talitha Curtis, Nadine Taub and Harlon Dalton, filed a brief for the American Public Health Association as amicus curiae.
Susan Price-Livingston filed a brief for the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund et al. as amici curiae.
Tanina Rostain, Jonathan Levine and Deborah S. Freeman filed a brief for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. as amici curiae. Paul Chill, and Robert Scheinblum, certified legal intern, and Felice Sheramy, certified legal intern, filed a brief for the Junior League of Hartford et al. as amici curiae.
CALLAHAN, GLASS, BORDEN, BERDON and SANTANIELLO, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
BORDEN, J.
The dispositive issues in this appeal are whether: (1) General Statutes § 45a-717 (f) (2)1 permits the termination of the parental rights of the mother of an infant based upon the mother's prenatal conduct of injecting cocaine; and (2) General Statutes § 45a-717 (f) (3); see footnote 1, supra; as applied to the facts of this case...
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