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TERESA T. ET AL.* v. KRISTINE RAGAGLIA ET AL. (SC 17033)
Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued September 23, 2004--officially released February 8, 2005

Raymond J. Rigat, for the appellants (plaintiffs). Benjamin Zivyon, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, Gregory T. D'Auria, associate attorney general, and Susan T. Pearlman, Jane R. Rosenberg and Michael Besso, assistant attorneys general, for the appellees (defendants). Paul Chill, James Aerykssen, certified legal intern, and Matthew Skahill, certified legal intern, filed a brief for the Child Welfare League of America, Inc., as amici curiae.

Opinion

ZARELLA, J. The dispositive issue in this case, which comes to us on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to General Statutes

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