W.H. v. Juvenile Court

YOLLACK, Justice.

The petitioners in this original proceeding, W.H., by and through his guardian ad litem, and the Denver Department of Social Services [hereinafter DSS], seek relief pursuant to C.A.R. 21(a) in the nature of prohibition against the respondent juvenile court, in connection with the court’s order granting temporary physical custody of W.H. to his mother. We issued a rule to show cause why the juvenile court’s order should not be reversed. We now make the rule absolute.

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The petitioner, W.H., is a nine-year-old child who has been living with his mother and stepfather in Colorado…