Connecticut Law About Termination of Parental Rights

Connecticut Law About Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
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See Also: Best Interest of the Child

Research Guides

Connecticut General Statutes

Research guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Rights of parents

Termination by consent

Grounds for termination (Nonconsenual)

Procedures in TPR

Jurisdiction

Petition for TPR

Parties and standing in TPR Proceeding

Notice of TPR hearing

TPR hearing

Reasonable effort to locate and reunify

Statutory factors in TPR

Motion to open or set aside

Appeals in juvenile matters

Standard of appellate review

Research reports prepared by the Office of Legislative Research (OLR):

Birth Parents’ Rights In Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings 2008-R-0151
You asked for information on parents’ rights to be notified of, participate in, termination of parental rights (TPR) proceedings.

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

Summaries of 2009 Public Acts Affecting Children

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.

Connecticut Cases

In re Rachel J., 97 Conn. App. 748 (2006). AC26768

In re Tyqwanw V., 85 Conn. App. 528 (2004). AC24026

In re Anna Lee M., 104 Conn. App. 121(2007). AC27730

Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Forms

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

Connecticut Law by Subject