MATTER OF ROMERO

No. 89SA248.

790 P.2d 819 (1990)

In the Matter of LaVista Earline ROMERO, Incapacitated Person/Appellant, and concerning Shirley J. Harvey, Guardian/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Johnston, Paonia, for Incapacitated Person, appellant.

Bradley Kolman, Delta, for Guardian, appellee.

Marjorie J. Long, Denver, for amicus curiae Legal Center Serving Persons with Disabilities.

Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey & Kahn, Edwin S. Kahn, Denver, for amicus curiae ACLU Foundation of Colo., Inc.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case involves a guardian's petition seeking a court order authorizing sterilization of her ward, an incapacitated adult woman. After an evidentiary hearing, the Delta County District Court issued the sterilization order. We reverse the district court's order.

I.

LaVista Romero is a thirty-seven year old woman, who is the mother of two children. When Ms. Romero was thirty-three years old, she suffered...

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