Supreme Court of Connecticut June 30, 1998, SC 15467 (State v. Miranda)

lead-opinion

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether a person who is not the biological or legal parent of a child but who establishes a familial relationship with a woman and her infant child, voluntarily assumes responsibility for the care and welfare of the child, and considers *211himself the child’s stepfather, has a legal duty to protect the child from abuse, such that the