AC48460 - In re Janeleah I. ("The respondent mother, Desiree I.,
appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered
in favor of the petitioner, the Commissioner of Children
and Families, terminating her parental rights with
respect to her minor child, Janeleah. On appeal, the
respondent claims that the court (1) violated her rights
to procedural due process under the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution by conducting
the termination of parental rights trial in her absence
and (2) improperly failed to make written, mandatory
findings as to the seven best interest factors set forth
in General Statutes § 17a-112 (k). We disagree with the respondent’s first claim but agree with her second
claim. Accordingly, we reverse the court’s judgment
with respect to its dispositional determination that termination of the respondent’s parental rights was in
Janeleah’s best interest and remand the case for a new
dispositional hearing.")