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IN RE ________
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SUPERIOR COURT
JUVENILE MATTERS AT HARTFORD
MARCH X, 200X
EX PARTE MOTION FOR COPY OF TRANSCRIPT
Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-124 and Conn. Practice Book § 32a-7, the
attorney for the child, ___________, respectfully requests this Court provide a copy of the
transcript of the initial termination of parental rights plea hearing (“TPR plea hearing”) held
in this case on January X, 200X. In support of this motion, the child asserts the following:
1.
________ was placed in DCF care pursuant to an Order of Temporary
Custody on August X, 200X due to her parent’s substance abuse and unaddressed mental
health issues. She was committed to the Department on August X, 200X, and has remained
in its care since that date. On April X, 200X, _______’s mother, ___________, consented
to a termination of parental rights. On November X, 200X, this Court approved a
permanency plan of termination of parental rights and adoption.
2.
For purposes of preparing for a termination of parental rights trial on April
X, 200X regarding the respondent father, ________, it is imperative for the child’s
ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED
TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED
-2attorney to inspect the transcript of the TPR plea hearing held on January X, 200X, in that
the father had indicated—to the best of counsel’s recollection—that he was ambivalent
about whether to oppose the termination of parental rights.
WHEREFORE, undersigned attorney for _______ respectfully requests this Court
to provide the child’s attorney with a copy of the TPR plea hearing transcript held on
January X, 200X. Undersigned counsel has made efforts to contact attorneys for the
respondent father and for the Department. Counsel for the Department has stated that he
has no objection to this motion, while the attorney for the father has not yet responded to
our contact efforts.
Respectfully submitted,
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Martha Stone
Center for Children’s Advocacy, Inc.
University of Connecticut School of Law
65 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Juris # 421708
(860) 570-5327
(860) 570-5256 fax
Attorney for ________
-3ORDER
The above Motion for Copy of Transcript having come before this Court for
consideration, it is hereby ordered:
GRANTED/DENIED
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Judge, Superior Court
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing has been mailed, postage prepaid to
Assistant Attorney General, MacKenzie Hall, 110 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105, and
Traci Valery, 262 Elm Street, West Haven, CT 06516, this 11th day of March, 2009.
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