PEOPLE EX REL. C.M.

No. 04CA1144.

116 P.3d 1278 (2005)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, In the Interest of C.M., a Child, and Concerning G.M., Respondent-Appellant, and M.J. and P.J., Special Respondents-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division A.

June 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Monsson, County Attorney, David W. Bute, Assistant County Attorney, Fort Morgan, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Dennis L. Brandenburg, Guardian Ad Litem.

Brad D. Redmiles, Salida, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellant.

Gagliano & Matuszczak, LLC, Stephanie M.G. Gagliano, Sterling, Colorado, for Special Respondents-Appellees.


Opinion by Chief Judge DAVIDSON.

In this dependency or neglect proceeding, G.M. (father) appeals from a judgment awarding permanent legal custody of his child, C.M., to the child's maternal grandfather and his wife, M.J. and P.J. (grandparents). We vacate the judgment and remand with directions.

I.

Intervention was required after R.J. (mother), who had sole custody of the child pursuant to a 1997 domestic relations case, failed to pick up the child...

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