IN RE E.L.M.C.

No. 03CA1121.

100 P.3d 546 (2004)

In the Interest of E.L.M.C., a Child, and Concerning Cheryl Ann Clark, Appellant, and Elsey Maxwell McLeod, Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Certiorari Denied October 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rouse & Associates, PC, James P. Rouse, Amy D. Desai, Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Appellant.

Mills and Weitzenkorn, PC, Gina B. Weitzenkorn, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee.

Peterson, Dymond, & Reagor, LLP, David D. Schlachter, Englewood, Colorado; Mathew D. Staver, Longwood, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Liberty Counsel.

Brett B. Harvey, Scottsdale, Arizona; Langdon & Shafer, LLC, Jeffrey A. Shafer, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae Rocky Mountain Family Council.

Hoffman, Reilley, Pozner & Williamson, Kyle C. Velte, Denver, Colorado; Michael E. Brewer, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Center's Legal Initiatives Project.

Willoughby Law Firm, LLC, Kimberly R. Willoughby, Denver, Colorado; Shannon Minter, Courtney Joslin, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Heather R. Hanneman, Denver, Colorado; Mark Silverstein, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union.


Opinion by Judge WEBB.

In this proceeding concerning statutory allocation of parental responsibilities for E.L.M.C., a minor child, Cheryl Ann Clark, the child's adoptive mother, appeals the trial court's order awarding joint parental responsibilities, except for religion and dental care, to Elsey Maxwell McLeod, Clark's former domestic partner. Clark also appeals the order's prohibition against her exposing E.L.M.C. to "religious upbringing or teaching... that can...

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