In re Alexander V.
This text of 598 A.2d 366 (In re Alexander V.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The respondent mother's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 25 Conn. App. 741, is granted, limited to the following issues:
“1. Under what circumstances does the due process clause of the United States constitution require a determination of parental competency as a prerequisite to a proceeding for the termination of parental rights? Were there sufficient indicia of incompetence in this case to have required the trial court to inquire into competency, sua sponte?
“2. Was the failure of trial counsel to raise the issue of competency at trial a denial of effective legal representation that prejudiced the outcome of the termination proceedings?”
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598 A.2d 366, 220 Conn. 927, 1991 Conn. LEXIS 478, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-alexander-v-conn-1991.