Legal Opinion
In re E.K.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 2013No. Court of Appeals No. 12CA1234PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by JUDGE GABRIEL
¶ 1 In this paternity action, P.W.K. (obligor) appeals the district court's judgment adopting the magistrate's order that established his paternity of three children, E.K., J.K., and P.K. As an apparent matter of first impression in Colorado, we conclude that a district court lacks jurisdiction to resolve matters in a paternity action unless each man presumed to be the children's father and each man alleged to be the children's natural father are made parties to or given notice of the action. Because the alleged biological fathers of E.K. and J.K. were not made parties…
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