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IN RE DAVID W.

(SC 16113)

254 Conn. 676 (2000)

IN RE DAVID W.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released October 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Zivyon, assistant attorney general, with whom were Susan T. Pearlman and Bette L. Paul, assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellant (petitioner).

Bradford J. Chaucer, for the appellee (respondent mother).

William R. Kinloch, for the appellee (respondent father).

Mary S. Chromik, for the minor child.

Keely Magyar and Martha Stone filed a brief for the Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Ronan, JS.

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether ex parte contact between a court-appointed expert witness and the party on whose behalf that witness testifies requires the per se exclusion of the expert witness' testimony. We conclude that it does not and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court.

The petitioner, the commissioner of the department...

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