In Re Shanaira C.

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• concluding that, in light of three and one-half years lapse since trial court rendered custody order that was reversed on appeal, trial court should consider child’s best interest at time of new dispositional hearing
• concluding that, in light of three and one-half years lapse since trial court rendered custody order that was reversed on appeal, trial court should consider child's best interest at time of new dispositional hearing
• holding that § 46b-129 (m) and what is now Practice Book § 35a-14A ‘‘implicitly mandate’’ that court hold evidentiary hearing ‘‘at least when a motion for revocation of commitment is con- tested’’
• appellate courts have basic judicial duty to avoid deciding constitutional issue if nonconstitutional ground exists that will dispose of case
• \we must be mindful that [t]his court has a basic judicial duty to avoid deciding a constitutional issue if a nonconstitutional ground exists that will dispose of the case\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “we must be mindful that [t]his court has a basic judicial duty to avoid deciding a constitutional issue if a noncon-stitutional ground exists that will dispose of the case” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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