IN RE CUSTODY OF K.R.

No. 94CA2009.

897 P.2d 896 (1995)

In re the Custody of K.R., a Child and Concerning S.E.R. and C.K.M., Petitioners-Appellants, and J.R. and M.E.O., Respondents-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

May 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens, Littman & Biddison, LLC, Andrew C. Littman, Craig A. Weinberg, Boulder, for petitioners-appellants.

Law Firm of Rod Gloria, P.C., Rodrigo S. Gloria, Melanie Marmorstein, Denver, for respondents-appellees.

Daniel E. Lungren, Atty. Gen. of State of California, Stephanie Wald, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae California Dept. of Social Services.


Opinion by Judge KAPELKE.

This action arises from a petition for custody filed by prospective adoptive parents seven days after a California court dismissed their petition for adoption because the biological mother refused to consent to the adoption. The Colorado court determined that it lacked jurisdiction and dismissed the petition for custody. We affirm.

The following findings of fact of the Colorado trial court are undisputed. At the time of the September...

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