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IN RE CHRISTINA M.

Nos. 17511, 17512.

908 A.2d 1073 (2006)

280 Conn. 474

In re CHRISTINA M. et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Rigat, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 17511 (respondent father).

Cheryl A. Juniewic, New Haven, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 17512 (respondent mother).

John Tucker, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Paula D. Sullivan and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (petitioner).

David T. Stone, Vernon, for the minor children.

Christina D. Ghio and Martha Stone, Hartford, filed a brief for the Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc., et al. as amici curiae.

BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

KATZ, J.

The principal issue in this certified appeal is whether parents who are respondents to a termination of parental rights petition have standing to assert the constitutional rights of their children who are the subject of the termination action. Specifically, we must consider whether parents have standing to assert a claim that their children were denied their constitutional right to conflict free representation in the termination proceeding because the children...

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