PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF K.C. v. K.C.

Supreme Court Case No. 20SC533.

487 P.3d 263 (2021)

2021 CO 33

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent IN the INTEREST OF Minor Children: K.C. and L.C., v. K.C. and L.C., Respondents/Cross-Petitioners and D.C., Concerning Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

May 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner/Cross Respondent: Logan County Attorney's Office, Alan W. Samber , County Attorney, Kimberlee R. Keleher , Assistant County Attorney, Sterling, Colorado.

Attorney for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners: Josi McCauley , Guardian ad litem, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Dodd Law, PC, Debra W. Dodd , Berthoud, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Chickasaw Nation: Indian Law Clinic, Michigan State University College of Law, Kathryn Fort , East Lansing, Michigan, Chickasaw Nation Legal Division, Debra Gee , Ada, Oklahoma, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, Laura Jones , Denver, Colorado.

Attorney for Amicus Curiae Office of Respondent Parents' Counsel: Melanie Jordan , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶1 This is a termination of parental rights proceeding involving two children who are eligible for enrollment as members of the Chickasaw Nation ("the Nation") but who are not Indian children, as defined by the Indian Child Welfare Act ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. § 1903(4) (2018). The court of...

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