Case Name: In re Juvenile Appeal (85-4)
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1985-04-09
Citations: 3 Conn. App. 507
Docket Number: 2228
Parties: In re Juvenile Appeal (85-4)
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Appellate Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 507–508

Head Matter:
In re Juvenile Appeal (85-4)
(2228)
Hull, Spallone and Daly, Js.
Argued February 6
decision released April 9, 1985
Barry J. Ward, for the appellant (mother of the minor children).
Judith M. Earl, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Robert W. Garvey and Marcia J. Speziale, assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (commissioner of children and youth services).
William E. McCoy, for the minor children.
In accordance with the spirit and intent of General Statutes § 46b-142 (b) and Practice Book § 2026, the names of the parties involved in this appeal are not disclosed. The records and papers of this case shall be open for inspection only to persons having a proper interest therein and upon order of the Appellate Court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The respondent in this appeal from the termination of her parental rights has attacked the factual findings of the trial court. Our review of this case discloses that the court's findings, pursuant to the criteria set forth in General Statutes § 17-43a (b) (2) and 17-43a (b) (3), were amply supported by clear and convincing evidence. The court appropriately considered the statutory criteria and did not, as the respondent claims, apply an all-encompassing "best interests" standard. See In re Juvenile Appeal (Anonymous), 177 Conn. 648, 672, 420 A.2d 875 (1979); In re Juvenile Appeal (84-3), 1 Conn. App. 463, 467, 473 A.2d 795, cert. denied, 193 Conn. 802, 474 A.2d 1259 (1984).
The function of this court on appeal is to determine whether the trial court's conclusion was clearly erroneous. Piantedosi v. Floridia, 186 Conn. 275, 276, 440 A.2d 977 (1982). We have determined that it was not.
There is no error.