IN RE PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF J. P.

Supreme Court Case No. 23SA126.

538 P.3d 337 (2023)

2023 CO 57

IN RE: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, IN the INTEREST OF Children: J. P., J. P., and J. P. and Concerning J. L. M. and J. P., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

November 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Washington County Department of Human Services and Board of County Commissioners of Washington County: Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C., Jefferson H. Parker , Kathryn M. Sellars , Daniel P. Harvey , Denver, Colorado.

Attorney for Respondent J. P.: Michael Kovaka , Littleton, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent Washington County District Court: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General, Denver, Colorado.

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.


¶1 Two opinions we announced six days apart in the spring of 2005, People v. Madera, 112 P.3d 688 (Colo. 2005) and Alcon v. Spicer, 113 P.3d 735 (Colo. 2005), are front and center in this dependency and neglect...

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