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IN RE SHYINA B.

(AC 19721)

58 Conn. App. 159 (2000)

IN RE SHYINA B.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released June 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot D. Prescott, assistant attorney general, with whom were Carolyn A. Signorelli, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (petitioner).

Cynthia Hartwell-Russell, for the appellees (intervenors).

Elizabeth A. Edwards, with whom was Christine B. O'Sullivan, for the appellee (respondent mother).

Amy L. A. Klein, for the minor child.

Schaller, Hennessy and Daly, Js.

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The commissioner of children and families (commissioner) appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting custody and guardianship of the minor child, Shyina B., to the intervenors, her maternal uncle and aunt. On appeal, the commissioner claims that the court improperly applied the best interest of the child standard when it (1) imposed a legal presumption that Shyina's placement...

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