OCR’s Case Law Archive
OCR’s Caselaw Archive contains case law from the Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Courts of Appeal. OCR began this Archive in December 2018 and will update it quarterly.
Click on a case title below or use the “Search for” tool to look up a specific case.People in Interest of T.W., 2022 COA 88
In this case, a division of the Colorado Court of Appeals held that, while a juvenile court has continuing […]
People in Interest of S.A., 2022 CO 27.
On June 13, 2022, the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion in this Rule 21 case. The question in […]
People in Interest of M.W., 22 COA 72
In this case, the Court of Appeals held that a parent may appeal the content of the initial dispositional […]
Petition of J.N., 2022 COA 69
In this case, a father moved to vacate various juvenile court orders under C.R.C.P. 60(b)(3), specifically an order granting […]
People in Interest of E.A.M., 2022 CO 42
In this case, the child’s mother stated at the first hearing that she possibly had Sioux and Apache heritage, […]
People in Interest of A.P., 2022 CO 24
On June 6, 2022, the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion in this original proceeding (Rule 21). The issue […]
People in Interest of M.M., 2022COA61 (reason to know a child is an Indian child)
The father in this dependency and neglect case reported to the trial court that his grandmother was a registered […]
People in Interest of Jay.J.L., 2022COA43 (reason to know a child is an Indian child)
The mother in this dependency and neglect case reported to the trial court that she had Cherokee or Navajo […]
People in Interest of E.V., 2022COA53 (juvenile adjudication as a delinquent and sentence)
E.V. appealed his adjudication as a delinquent and his sentence for possessing a handgun. Prior to the adjudication, E.V. […]
People in Interest of E.W., 2022 COA 12
In this case, the Court of Appeals found that the trial court was not deprived of jurisdiction to terminate […]
People in Interest of E.M., 2021 COA 381
In this case, a division of the Court of Appeals found that a 2019 revision of Colorado’s ICWA statute, […]
People in Interest of E.B., 2022 COA 8
In this case, the Court of Appeals found that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied a […]
People in Interest of B.H., 2022 COA 9
In this case, the Colorado Court of Appeal held that the filing of a motion for post-trial relief pursuant […]
People in Interest of A-J.A.B., 2022 COA 31 (“reason to know” a child is an Indian child pursuant to ICWA)
In this case, the mother of the child repeatedly asserted that the child may have Native American heritage, possibly […]
People In Int. of K.M. v. V.K.L., 2021 SC 245 (ICWA)
Issue on Appeal: Whether the Court of Appeals erred in its analysis of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) […]