ADOPTION OF T.K.J.

Nos. 95CA0531, 95CA0532.

931 P.2d 488 (1996)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF T.K.J. and K.A.K., Children, Upon the Petition of G.K. and L.J., Appellants, and State of Colorado, Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1996.

Certiorari Denied January 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holme Roberts & Owen, LLC, Katherine J. Peck, Denise M. DeForest, Denver, for Appellants.

Jeanine M. Pow, P.C., Jeanine M. Pow, Boulder (Opening Brief Only).

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Wade Livingston, First Assistant Attorney General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, Denver, for Appellee.

James A. Henderson, Denver, Amicus Curiae, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., Colorado Lesbian & Gay Law Association.


Opinion by Judge METZGER.

Petitioners, G.K. and L.J., appeal the judgment which dismissed their petitions seeking the adoption of two children, T.K.J. and K.A.K., for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

Petitioners live together as same-sex domestic companions. Each is the natural mother of one of the two children who are the subject of the petition. Each petitioner sought a "co-parent" adoption decree that would, in...

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