Annotation to former section 17-66b: Cited. 158 Conn. 439. Annotations to present section: Subsec. (a): Cited. 195 Conn. 303; 207 Conn. 725; 211 Conn. 289. Juvenile is entitled to counsel at both adjudicatory and dispositive phases. 39 CS 400. Subsec. (b): Subsec. does not indicate an intent to disturb the rules of evidence governing admission of hearsay statements. 296 C. 524. Cited. 23 CA 207; Id., 410; 25 CA 536; 42 CA 664. In parental rights termination case, trial court did not violate respondent’s right of confrontation under Subsec. by deciding not to question child in camera where trial court found that child’s testimony was not necessary based on all the evidence in case and that requiring child to testify would victimize her. 49 CA 763. Parent’s right to confrontation and cross-examination not violated by admission of the children’s statements under the residual exception to the hearsay rule because, although available, the children would be harmed if called to testify. 111 CA 28; judgment affirmed, see 296 Conn. 524. In action for termination of parental rights, the court did not deny respondent her procedural due process rights when conducting a trial on the merits with only her counsel present as the court still required petitioner to prove by clear and convincing evidence not only the grounds for termination, but that it was in the child’s best interest for respondent’s parental rights to be terminated. Id., 210. Although provision supports father’s argument that he was a legally necessary party with right of confrontation, it does not require that the court or petitioner repeatedly attempt to locate a properly served, nonappearing, defaulted respondent throughout a hearing nor require that a new trial be ordered when a nonappearing, defaulted respondent is incarcerated after the beginning of a hearing, makes no attempt to contact the court and is later located by the petitioner. 117 CA 521. Cited. 41 CS 145.