In re Yasiel R.

Summary

The court held that an unpreserved constitutional claim may satisfy the third prong of Golding without relying on existing binding Connecticut precedent, but concluded that due process did not require a personal canvass of this represented parent regarding her decision not to contest the termination evidence. Nevertheless, exercising its supervisory authority, the court required trial courts to conduct a brief canvass of every parent immediately before a termination of parental rights trial. It reversed the Appellate Court and remanded for reversal of the trial court judgments and further proceedings.