James P. Sexton and Michael S. Taylor, West Hartford, in support of the petition. Benjamin Zivyon and Michael Besso, assistant attorneys general, in opposition.
The petition by the respondent father for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 157 Conn.App. 490, 116 A.3d 400 (2015), is granted, limited to the following issues:
“1. Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the trial court's determination that the petitioner made reasonable efforts to reunify the child with the respondent?
“2. Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the trial court's determination that the child had been abandoned?
“3. Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the respondent lacked standing to assert a claim that ‘his son's fundamental right to family integrity was violated by the use of a judicial process to terminate his father's parental rights that deprived [the] respondent of meaningful notice and an opportunity to be heard?’
“4. If the answer to question number three is in the negative, was the fundamental right of the respondent's son to family integrity violated because his father was denied a meaningful notice and opportunity to be heard?”