IN RE ELVIN G.

No. 19108.

78 A.3d 797 (2013)

310 Conn. 485

In re ELVIN G. et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana M. Hrelic , with whom were Kenneth J. Bartschi and, on the brief, Brendon P. Levesque , Hartford, and Jason Bogli , for the appellant (respondent father).

Tammy Nguyen-O'Dowd , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were George Jepsen , attorney general, Gregory T. D'Auria , solicitor general, and Benjamin Zivyon and Michael Besso , assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (petitioner).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, McDONALD and ESPINOSA, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

This case raises the question of whether a prior order of specific steps to aid in reunification is a necessary prerequisite for any termination of parental rights that is based solely on a parent's failure to rehabilitate. The respondent father appeals1 from the judgments of the trial court terminating his parental rights with respect to his minor children, Elvin G.

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