People in Interest of K.N.B.E., 2019 COA 157

In this appeal of an order terminating the parent-child legal relationship, the Court of Appeals holds that the respondent mother did not have a right to have her counsel present […]

People in Interest of I.J.O., 2019 COA 151

In this decision, the Court of Appeals upholds the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, either rejecting or dismissing three arguments advanced by the respondent mother.  First, the court holds […]

People in Interest of C.B., 2019 COA 168

In this decision, the Court of Appeals upholds the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, either rejecting or dismissing three arguments advanced by the respondent mother.  First, the court holds […]

People in the Interest of B.B.A.M., 2019 CO 103

On a Colorado Appellate Rule (C.A.R.) 21 petition to show cause, the Colorado Supreme Court holds that a district court erred in upholding a magistrate’s order requiring the juvenile to […]

People in Interest of T.M.S., 2019 COA 136

A division of the court of appeals considers the role of parents’ GALs. The division declares that parents’ GALs do not participate as a party or a party’s advocate in […]

People in Interest of D.L.C., 2019 COA 135

A division of the court of appeals determines that restitution statutes prohibit courts from suspending the accrual of postjudgment interest during juveniles’ commitment to DYS. The division heavily relies upon […]

People in Interest of A.B.A., 2019 COA 125

A division of the court of appeals determines that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to terminate the rights of Iranian parents. The division notes that although the district […]

People in Interest of B.B.A.M., 2019 SC 151

In this C.A.R. 21 proceeding, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a rule to show cause why the district court did not err in affirming the magistrate’s order requiring the juvenile […]

People in Interest of R.J., 2019 COA 109

A division of the court of appeals determines that the parents were not required to seek district court review of the magistrate’s dispositional order before appealing the district court’s adjudicatory […]

People in Interest of M.A.W., 2019 SC 370

The Colorado State Supreme Court granted certiorari on issues surrounding the proper standard for assessing, and procedures for reviewing, ineffective assistance of counsel claims in appeals from termination of parental […]