IN RE DAVONTA V.

No. 17788.

940 A.2d 733 (2008)

285 Conn. 483

In re DAVONTA V.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Stephen G. Vitelli, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (petitioner).

ROGERS, C.J., and KATZ, PALMER, ZARELLA and SULLIVAN, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

This case raises the question of whether it is ever in a child's best interest to terminate his parents' rights when an adoptive family has not been secured and the child retains good relations with his extended biological family. The respondent mother appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court upholding the judgment of the trial court based on its finding that termination of her parental rights was in...

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