COLO. DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS

No. 83SA316.

697 P.2d 1 (1985)

The COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of the COUNTY OF PUEBLO, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and Samuel J. Corsentino, Intervenor-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard Forman, Sol. Gen., Wade Livingston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.

Terry A. Hart, James V. Phelps, Pueblo County Atty's. Office, Pueblo, for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee.

Ware & Marroney, Gerald A. Marroney, Pueblo, for intervenor-appellant and cross-appellee.

The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Otero and State of Colorado, Mitchell & Mitchell, P.C., Rexford L. Mitchell, Rocky Ford, and The Board of County Commissioners of El Paso County, Colo., Charles Berry, Colorado Springs, amicus curiae.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

This case presents questions concerning the respective responsibilities of the Colorado Department of Social Services (the Department), the General Assembly, and county governments to fund public assistance programs established by the Colorado Social Services Code, sections 26-1-101 to 26-15-113, 11 C.R.S. (1982 & 1984 Supp.) (the Code).1 The case arose when the Department sought a judicial decree requiring the...

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