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IN RE MICHAELA LEE R.

(SC 16122)

253 Conn. 570 (2000)

IN RE MICHAELA LEE R.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick B. Kwanashie, assistant attorney general, with whom were Maite Barainca, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Bernadette M. Keyes, with whom, on the brief, was Shari A. Murphy, for the appellee (defendant).

McDonald, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Sullivan and Vertefeuille, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

This appeal requires us to determine whether a Probate Court of this state or the plaintiff, the commissioner of public health (commissioner),1 has the authority to delete a biological parent's name from a birth certificate when there is no allegation that the information is inaccurate. We conclude that neither the Probate Court nor the commissioner possesses...

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