2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17a-111a. Commissioner of Children and Families to file petition to terminate parental rights, when.
Sec. 17a-111a. Commissioner of Children and Families to file petition to terminate parental rights, when. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall
file a petition to terminate parental rights pursuant to section 17a-112 if (1) the child
has been in the custody of the commissioner for at least fifteen consecutive months, or
at least fifteen months during the twenty-two months, immediately preceding the filing
of such petition; (2) the child has been abandoned as defined in subsection (j) of section
17a-112; or (3) a court of competent jurisdiction has found that (A) the parent has killed,
through deliberate, nonaccidental act, a sibling of the child or has requested, commanded, importuned, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit the killing of the child
or a sibling of the child; or (B) the parent has assaulted the child or a sibling of a child,
through deliberate, nonaccidental act, and such assault resulted in serious bodily injury
to such child.
(P.A. 98-241, S. 6, 18; P.A. 00-137, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 98-241 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-137 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to change reference from Sec. 17a-112 (c) to Sec. 17a-112 (j).
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