Legal Opinion
In the Interest of R.J.A.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 26, 1999No. 98CA1963PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MARQUEZ.
R.B. (mother) appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court terminating her parent-child legal relationship with her child, R.J.A. We affirm.
R.J.A. was born December 17, 1997. When mother arrived at the hospital to deliver the child, drug screening revealed that she had both alcohol and cocaine in her bloodstream, and the newborn child tested positive for cocaine. The following day, the Department of Social Services (Department) sought and received temporary custody of the child, and the child was placed in a foster home upon his release from the hospital.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Romer v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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- The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of M.M., a Child, and concerning C.M.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Board of County Commissioners v. FlickingerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
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- People v. EuriosteColorado Court of Appeals · 2000
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