In re P. M.

Syllabus

The respondent father appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court adjudicating his minor child, P, neglected and ordering a six month period of protective supervision. Held: 1. Contrary to the assertion of the petitioner, the Commissioner of Children and Families, that the respondent father's claim was moot, this court concluded that his claim was reviewable under the collateral conse- quences exception to the mootness doctrine; although the period of protective supervision had expired, there was a reasonable possibility that P's neglect adjudication would have prejudicial collateral conse- quences, as the Superior Court could, at some time in the future, rely on the neglect adjudication, pursuant to the applicable statute (§ 17a- 112 (j) (3) (B) (i)), in granting a petition to terminate the father's parental rights as to P. 2. The respondent father could not prevail on his claim that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's determination that P was neglected; the court's factual findings, which were supported by sufficient evidence in the record, demonstrated that the homemade infant formula that the father had been feeding P caused P's severe malnutrition and his failure to thrive, and the father's failure to follow medical recommendations to regularly take P to a medical provider for well-baby checkups prevented detection of P's failure to thrive. Argued April 8—officially released June 18, 2024