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Law Library Materials
  • Paul Chill, The Law Of Child Abuse And Neglect In Connecticut (1997). Chapter 3, Termination of Parental Rights.
 		 
  • Sec. 17a-112. Termination of parental rights of child committed to commissioner.
  • Sec. 45a-715. Petition to terminate parental rights. Notice.
  • Sec. 45a-716. Hearing on petition to terminate parental rights. Notice. Attorney General as a party
  • Sec. 45a-717. Termination of parental rights. Conduct of hearing.
  • Sec. 45a-719. Reopen judgment terminating parental rights. Best interest of child. Final decree of adoption.

Connecticut Public Acts

Connecticut Probate Practice Book
  • Rule 7. Transfer of contested petitions of parental rights from courts of probate to the Juvenile Court.

Connecticut Practice Book

  • Sec. 35a. Hearings concerning neglected, uncared for and dependent children and termination of parental rights.

Recent Juvenile Law Opinions

 

Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Forms

  • Notice/Summons and Order For hearing – Termination of Parental Rights (JD-JM-40) PDF
     

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