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IN RE JEISEAN M.* (SC 16993)
Sullivan, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Zarella, Js. Argued January 13--officially released July 27, 2004

Eliot D. Prescott, assistant attorney general, with whom were Michael J. Besso and Jane R. Rosenberg, assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellant (petitioner). William S. Bingham, for the appellee (respondent mother). Elisabeth Borrino, for the minor child. Shelley A. White, Claudine Siegel and Royal Stark filed a brief for the Connecticut Legal Services, Inc., et al. as amici curiae. PER CURIAM. The petitioner, the commissioner of children and families (commissioner), appeals, following our grant of certification, from the order of the Appellate Court dismissing her appeal from the order of the trial court granting the waiver application of the respondent mother.1 The record reveals the following procedural history. On February 15, 2002, the trial court

granted the commissioner's petition to terminate the respondent's parental rights with respect to her minor child, Jeisean M. On March 14, 2002, the respondent filed an application for a waiver of fees, costs, security and expenses of appeal pursuant to Practice Book

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