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Administrative Appeal Appellate Court Opinion

by Booth, George

 

AC44025 - Benjamin F. et al. v. Dept. of Developmental Services (Administrative appeal; claim that defendant Commissioner of Developmental Services violated applicable statute (§ 1-1g) by considering multiple IQ test scores of applicant when determining applicant's eligibility for services from defendant Department of Developmental Services; "The plaintiffs, Benjamin F. and his mother and guardian Denise F., appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court dismissing their administrative appeal from the decision of the defendant Commissioner (commissioner) of Developmental Services, concluding that Benjamin is not eligible for services from the defendant Department of Developmental Services (department). On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that (1) the final decision of the commissioner violates the plain language of General Statutes § 1-1g, on the basis that the amended version of the statute no longer permits the commissioner to consider more than one intelligence test where the applicant has presented a full-scale intelligence quotient (IQ) score below seventy, (2) alternatively, that if the statute permits consideration of more than one test, the commissioner is required to consider all full-scale IQ scores, (3) the Superior Court erred in refusing to take judicial notice of certain Probate Court records, (4) the Superior Court erred in declining to apply the doctrine of judicial estoppel, and (5) the final decision was not supported by substantial evidence in the record. We affirm the judgment of the court.")