11 Conn. App. 497 | Conn. App. Ct. | 1987
This is an appeal by a mother from the granting of a petition to terminate her parental rights in her several children, which was granted pursuant to General Statutes § 17-43a. The trial was held
The respondent argues that the trial court erred in continuing the proceedings on the termination petitions. She argues that she was entitled to an adjudication at the close of the second hearing, and that, if one had been forthcoming, her parental rights could not have been terminated because the evidehce was insufficient. The trial court stated, both at the time the case was continued and at the time of the ultimate resolution of the action, that sufficient evidence existed to grant the petition. The respondent has failed, therefore, to allege or demonstrate that this action of the trial court harmed her in any way. Manning v. Michael, 188 Conn. 607, 611, 452 A.2d 1157 (1982). Furthermore, a continuance in termination of parental rights cases, as well as in other cases, lies within the discretion of the trial court. State v. Williams, 200 Conn. 310, 320, 511 A.2d 1000 (1986).
The respondent’s second claim is that the evidence presented at the hearings was not sufficient-to establish by “clear and convincing evidence” that it was in the best interests of the children to grant the petition. General Statutes § 17-43a (b).
The essence of the respondent’s claim is that the trial court’s decision to grant the petition was contrary to
There is no error.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.