Supreme Court of Colorado, 2022

In re: The Petition of: R. M. C., III v. J. D. L., E. A. T. for the adoption of a Child Child

In re: The Petition of: R. M. C., III v. J. D. L., E. A. T. for the adoption of a Child Child
Supreme Court of Colorado · Decided July 25, 2022

In re: The Petition of: R. M. C., III v. J. D. L., E. A. T. for the adoption of a Child Child

Opinion

In re: The Petition of: R. M. C., III, Petitioner
v.

J. D. L., Respondent

E. A. T. for the adoption of a Child Child

No. 22SC322

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc

July 25, 2022


Court of Appeals Case No. 21CA520

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.

CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT and JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ would grant as to the following issues:

Whether an adoption automatically terminates a previously issued order allocating parental responsibilities over the adopted child.

Whether a court can require an adoptive parent to follow an order allocating parental responsibilities over the adopted child when that adoptive parent was not a party to the Allocation of Parental Responsibility ("APR") proceedings that produced the order.

1

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.