Supreme Court of Connecticut
In re Tresin J.
January 7, 2020
Summary
The concurrence joins the court's conclusion that neither the virtual-infancy nor interference exception applied and that termination of the incarcerated father's parental rights was proper under the statutory lack-of-ongoing-parent-child-relationship ground. It separately emphasizes the broader social and policy problems faced by incarcerated parents and concludes that legislative guidance, rather than case-by-case judicial development, is needed. The concurrence maintains that the existing statute nevertheless compelled the result on this record.