Court Denies Foster Parent’s Right to Intervene in DCF Proceeding

Court Denies Foster Parent’s Right to Intervene in DCF Proceeding

In a recent decision involving the Department of Children and Families, the Superior Court (Simon, J.) precluded a foster parent from intervening in proceedings designed to reunify a child with her biological father. DCF originally filed a request for an order of temporary custody, which the Court sustained by agreement, as well as a neglect petition, which the Court granted. Shortly thereafter, the child was committed to the Department, and placed in foster care. Although DCF later filed a request for termination of parental rights, the Court denied it, affording the child’s mother and father an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves.