[DOWNLOAD] "State v. Anonymous" by Supreme Court of Connecticut * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Anonymous
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 18, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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This is an appeal filed by the defendant mother (hereinafter the defendant) from a decision of the Superior Court granting simultaneous petitions of neglect and termination of parental rights filed pursuant to General Statutes 17-43a (b) by the commissioner of children and youth services. The defendant has appealed from only the decision to terminate her parental rights. The following facts were found by the trial court. The child in question was born on January 5, 1977. The defendant was hospitalized for three weeks after the child was born. The baby was taken from the hospital after birth by her maternal grandmother. From the time of her discharge to the time the petitions for neglect and termination of parental rights were filed the defendant refused to take the child into her care. She repeatedly refused assistance which would have enabled her to care for her child. Her main reasons for refusing to take the child were ill health and insufficient space in her apartment. She consistently failed, however, to keep medical appointments, to take the prescribed medication regularly or to [179 Conn. 158] accept psychiatric help to improve and stabilize her health. The defendant was never told that her medical condition would not permit her to take care of her child. Her apartment had adequate space.