ARAPAHOE DEP'T OF HUMAN SERVICES v. VELARDE

Supreme Court Case No. 21SC232.

507 P.3d 518 (2022)

2022 CO 18

ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Monica VELARDE and Michael Moore, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

April 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Arapahoe County Attorney's Office, Annette M. Powell , Assistant County Attorney, Aurora, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado State Agencies and Department of Higher Education: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Keenan E. Lorenz , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

No appearance on behalf of Respondents.

JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


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