325 A.2d 531 | Conn. Super. Ct. | 1974
The defendant has filed an amended plea in abatement and has set out the issue as follows: Whether Anthony Mongillo, natural father of the illegitimate minor child, Tamu Mongillo, and subscriber herein, has standing to claim aggrievement by order and decree of the Probate Court for the district of New Haven, dated November 8, 1971, appointing Richard L. Jacobs as guardian of the person of said minor child.
The defendant's position is well taken that under Connecticut statutory law and case law the mother of an illegitimate child is the sole legal guardian of the child. Also well taken is the defendant's position that the putative father has no standing or rights in the Probate Court to apply for removal of the legal father and for appointment of a designated guardian for the minor child. Therefore it is clear that, under Connecticut law as it has existed, the plaintiff had no standing as an aggrieved person to appeal the order of the Probate Court.
The case of Kenney v. Blakeslee,
The plaintiff has demurred to the amended plea in abatement, contending that to bar him from this appeal as a matter of law would be a deprivation of his fourteenth amendment rights. The plaintiff relies on Stanley v. Illinois,
Therefore, this court finds that because of the law expounded in the Stanley case, supra, the plaintiff was aggrieved by the order of the Probate Court in denying him the opportunity to oppose the appointment of a guardian for his natural child. The plaintiff has standing to appeal that order.
The demurrer to the plea in abatement is sustained.