IN RE S.N.V.

No. 10CA1302.

284 P.3d 147 (2011)

In the Interest of S.N.V., a Child, and Concerning C.A.T.C., Petitioner-Appellee, and N.M.V., Respondent-Appellee, and B.V., Intervenor-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

December 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Dedrickson, P.C., Mark A. Dedrickson , Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Willoughby & Eckelberry, L.L.C., John L. Eckelberry , Denver, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee.

Donelson Ciancio & Goodwin, P.C., Cynthia L. Ciancio , Jamie L. Rutten , Broomfield, Colorado, for Intervenor-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge RUSSEL.

This case is a modern version of the difficult problem presented to King Solomon: two women claim to be the mother of the same child. Here, one of the women is the biological mother, while the other claims legal motherhood under presumptions set forth in the Colorado Uniform Parentage Act (UPA), §§ 19-4-101 to -130, C.R.S.2011.

Unlike Solomon, we are not free to devise our own solution. We are bound by the UPA, as interpreted...

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