IN RE AVERIELLA P.

No. 35810.

81 A.3d 272 (2013)

146 Conn.App. 800

In re AVERIELLA P.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana M. Hrelic , with whom were Brendon P. Levesque , and, on the brief, Lori Knuth , for the appellant (respondent mother).

Susan T. Pearlman , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were George Jepsen , attorney general, and Benjamin Zivyon , assistant attorney general, for the appellee (petitioner).

ALVORD, BEAR and HARPER, Js.


BEAR, J.

The respondent mother1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court transferring guardianship of her daughter, Averiella P., from the petitioner, the Commissioner of Children and Families, to the child's maternal grandmother and maternal stepgrandfather (grandparents). On appeal, the respondent claims that the court used an improper standard, namely, potential risk of harm to the child, when determining whether it should grant...

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