Sec. 17a-111a. Commissioner of Children and Families to file petition to terminate parental rights, when.
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(a)The Commissioner of Children and Families shall file a petition to terminate parental rights pursuant to section 17a-112 if
(1)the child has been in the custody of the commissioner for at least fifteen consecutive months, or at least fifteen months during the twenty-two months, immediately preceding the filing of such petition;
(2)the child has been abandoned as defined in subsection
(j)of section 17a-112 ; or
(3)a court of competent jurisdiction has found that
(A)the parent has killed, through deliberate, nonaccidental act, a sibling of the child or has requested, commanded, importuned, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit the killing of the child or a sibling of the child; or
(B)the parent has assaulted the child or a sibling of a child, through deliberate, nonaccidental act, and such assault resulted in serious bodily injury to such child.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(a)of this section, the commissioner is not required to file a petition to terminate parental rights in such cases if the commissioner determines that:
(1)The child has been placed under the care of a relative of such child;
(2)there is a compelling reason to believe that filing such petition is not in the best interests of the child; or
(3)the parent has not been offered the services contained in the permanency plan to reunify the parent with the child or such services were not available, unless a court has determined that efforts to reunify the parent with the child are not required.