{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-727a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-727a","heading":"Legislative findings re best interests of child.","body":"The General Assembly finds that:\n(1) The best interests of a child are promoted by having persons in the child's life who manifest a deep concern for the child's growth and development;\n(2) The best interests of a child are promoted when a child has as many persons loving and caring for the child as possible; and\n(3) The best interests of a child are promoted when the child is part of a loving, supportive and stable family, whether that family is a nuclear, extended, split, blended, single parent, adoptive or foster family.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 803*. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADOPTION","PART III*. ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_803.htm#sec_45a-727a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"0d6889fa122dec6c590c8cd1666e5bec22a36f7be5aab15f19e5ef9a46ff594e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-727","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-727b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}