As I read it he made the decision because CT DCF wouldn’t take custody of her and he doesn’t want to return her to the parents. They mention parental abuse but if that were the case CT DCF would take their other children.
This is a MA DCF vs CT DCF issue. They are killing her over a bureaucratic bottleneck and paper pushers.
According to the opinion, CT DCF wanted to take the child, and had a facility ready for her, but the parents threatened to sue that facility, so CT backed out.