PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF C.J.R.

Court of Appeals No. 16CA0915.

409 P.3d 536 (2016)

2016 COA 133

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, IN the INTEREST OF C.J.R., Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Announced September 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristal Torres DeHerrera , Interim County Attorney, Michael J. Stafford , Assistant County Attorney, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Culwell Law LTD, Jonathan B. Culwell , Lakewood, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellant.


¶ 1 This case requires us to decide whether the Denver Probate Court had the authority to order the involuntary administration of a drug to "chemically castrate"1 C.J.R., a person civilly committed to a state hospital. We hold that absent legislative...

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