IN RE E.K.

Supreme Court Case No. 22SA31.

511 P.3d 605 (2022)

2022 CO 34

IN RE the Parental Responsibilities of Child: E.K., Steven Eugene Cook, Petitioner, and Holly Mercer Cook and Martin Andre Kristiseter, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Griffiths Law PC, Christopher Griffiths , Kimberly Newton , Suzanne Griffiths , Eliza Steinberg , Lone Tree, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent Holly Mercer Cook: Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC, Tanya L. Akins , Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent Martin Andre Kristiseter: Walker Law Offices, LLC, Michelle L. Walker , Denver, Colorado.

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


¶1 We accepted original jurisdiction, pursuant to C.A.R. 21, to consider whether the Arapahoe County District Court erred by dismissing a petition for allocation of parental responsibilities ("APR") filed by Steven Eugene Cook ("Stepfather") for lack of standing. We now reaffirm that...

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