Supreme Court of Connecticut
In re Yasiel R.
August 18, 2015
Summary
The separate opinion agrees that the trial court did not violate the respondent's constitutional rights by permitting her to forgo a contested termination trial without a canvass. It disagrees with the majority's use of supervisory authority to reverse the judgments based on a canvass requirement announced after the proceedings, arguing that such rules should operate prospectively and should not independently support reversal. Justice Zarella, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would preserve the trial court judgments absent an independent legal basis for reversal.