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DCF Supplimental Case Law
Glen Koshko, et ux. v. John Haining, et ux., No. 35, Sept. Term 2006
precedent based on Troxel v. Granville. Absent parental unfitness the courts and the
legislators have no right to brush aside parent’s rights. The high court lined up squarely
with principles announced in 2000 by the USSC in Troxel v. Granville. The court ruled
that absent parental unfitness, judges were prohibited to substitute their own judgment
for that of the parents. The high court further ruled that it is unconstitutional for a judge
ruling in this case makes it clear that threatening to remove children to gain a parent’s
A federal court in Arizona has ruled that an unsupported threat to place children in
custody, made to coerce cooperation with a child protection investigation, violates the
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
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Thomas Dutkiewicz, Pro Se
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Forestville, CT 06011-9775
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Docket Number: S.C. 18082 3
Date: March 17, 2008
This is to certify that the Defendant has caused a copy of the above-named document
was mailed by first class mail to the following interested persons on March 23, 2007.
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
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Thomas Dutkiewicz, Pro Se
P.O. Box 9775
Forestville, CT 06011-9775
(860) 833-4127
I certify that the foregoing document complies with the provisions of P.B. §66-3 in that
the type size is Arial and 12 point.
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
______________________________
Thomas Dutkiewicz, Pro Se
P.O. Box 9775
Forestville, CT 06011-9775
(860) 833-4127