IN RE JORDEN R.

No. 18169.

979 A.2d 469 (2009)

293 Conn. 539

In re JORDEN R.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellant (petitioner).

Michael J. Melly, for the appellee (respondent mother).

Karen Oliver Damboise, for the minor child.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and McLACHLAN, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

The primary issue in this case is whether, in termination proceedings under General Statutes (Rev. to 2005) § 17a-112 (j),1 a trial court can find that a parent is unwilling or unable to benefit from reunification services without first finding that reasonable efforts were made to reunify the parent with her child. The petitioner, the commissioner of children and families (commissioner...

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