IN RE: Beverly T. (2010)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

On November 15, 2010, Attorney Joseph Geremia filed a Motion to Intervene on behalf of the foster parents responsible for the care of Beverly and Shirley (hereinafter referred to by their first names or as “Children”).   Foster Parents had filed a Motion to Intervene in the Termination of Parental Rights proceeding on October 12, 2010, prior to the service of the original petitions on the respondent parents.   Hearing on the intervention motion was scheduled for hearing on October 27, 2010, but could not be heard because the TPR Petition had not been returned to Court.   Foster Parents had been the caretakers of Children for the prior fourteen months.

Foster Parents seek to adopt the two-year-old Children for whom they had cared for fourteen of their twenty-two months.  Connecticut Practice Book section 35-4(b) provides that “Other persons including, but not limited to, siblings may move to intervene in the dispositional phase of the case and the judicial authority may grant said motion if it determines that such intervention is in the best interest of the [ ․ Children] or in the interest of justice.”

The petitioning Foster Parents have been the center of Children's universe for most of their lives.   In accordance the cited Practice Book provision, the Court concludes that Foster Parents may be admitted as intervening parties in this matter for dispositional purposes only.   Such intervention will allow them to argue to the Court that their adoption of Children would serve Children's best interest.   The Court ORDERS that Foster Parents may be admitted as Parties for dispositional purposes only.

Respectfully Submitted

Horable Thayer Baldwin, JTR

Baldwin, Thayer, J.T.R.