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IN RE DAVONTA V.

No. 26556.

907 A.2d 126 (2006)

98 Conn.App. 42

In re DAVONTA V.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Rozwaski, Milford, for the appellant (respondent mother).

Angela M. Offredi, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (petitioner).

Matthew E. Naclerio, New Haven, for the minor child.

SCHALLER, LAVINE and PELLEGRINO, Js.

LAVINE, J.

After determining whether one of the statutory grounds for termination of parental rights under General Statutes § 17a-112 (j) exists by clear and convincing evidence, a judge is required to evaluate whether severing the legal tie between parent and child is in the child's best interest. That task is among the most sensitive and difficult with which a judge is charged. Although a judge is guided by legal principles, the ultimate decision to terminate...

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