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In re Jessica M

Appellate Court of Connecticut
Mar 29, 1988
539 A.2d 1004 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988)

Opinion

(5532)

Argued March 3, 1988

Decision released March 29, 1988

Petition to terminate the parental rights of the respondent father with respect to his minor child, brought to the Probate Court for the district of East Hampton and transferred to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Middletown, where the court, Burns, J., rendered judgment denying the petition, from which the petitioner appealed to this court. No error.

Bessye W. Bennett, for the appellant (petitioner).

Jefferson Hanna III, for the appellee (respondent).

PER CURIAM.


This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition filed by the mother to terminate the parental rights of the respondent father with respect to their daughter, Jessica M., pursuant to General Statutes 45-61f. The amended complaint alleged two grounds for termination of the father's parental rights: abandonment; and the absence of an ongoing parent-child relationship. The court concluded that the petitioner had failed to prove her complaint by clear and convincing evidence.

The trial court properly considered and followed General Statutes 45-61f (f). On the basis of its findings of fact, the court concluded that there had been no abandonment because the respondent had maintained a reasonable degree of interest, concern and responsibility for his child by his visitations, gifts and cards. See In re Migdalia M., 6 Conn. App. 194, 196, 504 A.2d 533 (1986). The court also correctly concluded that the child and the respondent have an ongoing parent-child relationship. See In re Rayna M., 13 Conn. App. 23, 35, 534 A.2d 897 (1987); In re Juvenile Appeal (84-3), 1 Conn. App. 463, 479, 473 A.2d 795, cert. denied, 193 Conn. 802, 474 A.2d 1259 (1984).

After a thorough review of the record and briefs, and having afforded the petitioner's additional claims of error the appropriate scope of review, we conclude that there is no merit to those claims.


Summaries of

In re Jessica M

Appellate Court of Connecticut
Mar 29, 1988
539 A.2d 1004 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988)
Case details for

In re Jessica M

Case Details

Full title:IN RE JESSICA M

Court:Appellate Court of Connecticut

Date published: Mar 29, 1988

Citations

539 A.2d 1004 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988)
539 A.2d 1004