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IN RE ROMANCE M.

(14804), (14878)

229 Conn. 345 (1994)

IN RE ROMANCE M.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Zivyon, assistant attorney general, with whom were Dennis Antonacci, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, for the appellant in the first case, appellee in the second case (petitioner commissioner of children and youth services).

Kathleen M. Harkins, with whom, on the brief, was Ronald E. Sobieraj, for the appellee in the first case, and Valerie Alexander, with whom was William R. Kinloch, for the appellant in the second case (respondent mother).

Barbara J. Claire filed an appearance for the minor child.

PETERS, C. J., BORDEN, BERDON, KATZ and PALMER, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue underlying these two appeals is the propriety of terminating the parental rights of a mother who has been unsuccessful in coping with problems arising out of her personality disorder and her substance abuse. The appeals arise out of successive petitions brought by the petitioner, the commissioner of the department of children and youth services (commissioner), to terminate the parental rights of the respondent, Gail M. (mother), with...

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