PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF J.M.A.

No. 90SA117.

803 P.2d 187 (1990)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of J.M.A., Child. Upon the Petition of Jefferson County Department of Social Services and K.A.A., Petitioners/Appellees, and Concerning P.L., Respondent/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.E. Shields, Lakewood, for petitioner/appellee Jefferson County Dept. of Social Services.

Cipriano Griego, Winzenburg, Leff, Mitchell and Wein, Lawrence B. Leff, Denver, for respondent/appellant.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The respondent P.L. appeals the trial court holding that section 19-6-108, 8 C.R.S. (1977), is unconstitutional as it denies the equal protection of the laws to children with no presumed fathers, in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, and granted summary judgment in favor of Jefferson County Department of Social Services (the Department) and K.A.A. We affirm.

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