CAROTHERS v. DEPT. OF INSTITUTIONS

No. 91SC761.

845 P.2d 1179 (1993)

Jenny CAROTHERS, an Incapacitated Person, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS, GRAND JUNCTION REGIONAL CENTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Hart, William E. Mooz, Jr., Charles Jaeger, American Civil Liberties Union, David H. Miller, Denver, for petitioner.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert Mark Russel, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Eric R. Decator, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent.


Justice KIRSHBAUM delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In Department of Institutions, Grand Junction Regional Facility v. Carothers, 821 P.2d 891 (Colo.App.1991), the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the probate court's order awarding attorney fees to the petitioner, Jenny Carothers, against the Colorado Department of Institutions, Grand Junction Regional Center (the Center). The court of appeals concluded that section 15...

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