R.W. v. PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF E.W.

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC86.

523 P.3d 422 (2022)

2022 CO 51

R.W. and H.W., Petitioners, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF Minor Child: E.W.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner R.W.: The Morgan Law Office, Kristofr P. Morgan , Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Attorneys for Petitioner H.W.: James West Esq., LLC, James West , Longmont, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: El Paso County Attorney's Office, Kenneth Hodges , County Attorney, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Melanie Douglas LLC, Melanie Douglas , Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Attorneys for Minor Child: Bettenberg, Maguire & Associates, LLC, Alison A. Bettenberg , guardian ad litem, Centennial, Colorado.

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


¶1 This case requires us to consider the interaction among three different but related statutory schemes. Specifically, we consider what should happen when (1) a Colorado court obtains initial jurisdiction over a child under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA...

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