HAMMAN v. COUNTY COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 87SC14.

753 P.2d 743 (1988)

John HAMMAN, Petitioner, v. The COUNTY COURT In and For the COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, State of Colorado and the Honorable Linda Palmieri, one of the Judges thereof; Arlene K. Hamman, now known as Arlene K. Bolton, by and through her next friend and mother, Mary Victoria Bolton; and Mary Victoria Bolton, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shade, Doyle, Klein, Otis & Frey, Henry C. Frey, Greeley, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Maurice Knaizer, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents Jefferson County Court and the Honorable Linda Palmieri.

Ruderman & Sturniolo, Andrew G. Martelon, Denver, for respondents Arlene K. Bolton and Mary V. Bolton.


VOLLACK, Justice.

The petitioner, John Hamman (the father), petitioned this court for certiorari review of the district court's affirmance of the county court's order granting a name change to Hamman's daughter at the request of his ex-wife. We granted certiorari to address two issues. First, we must determine whether the county court has jurisdiction to rule on the name change of a minor child of divorced parents under section 13-15-101, 6 C.R.S. (1973). Second,...

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