Legal Opinion
El Paso County Department of Human Services v. Martin
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 2007No. 06CA0200PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge BERNARD.
The El Paso County Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals the trial court order appointing it as permanent guardian for the ward, Sarah Morgan. We reverse.
I. Background
The following facts are undisputed. Morgan is an adult who lives in El Paso County, Colorado. Gerald A. Kimble, Jr., served as Morgan's guardian ad litem in an earlier dependency and neglect action in which Morgan was the subject child in the legal custody of DHS. In October 2004, when Morgan was twenty years old but still under the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to the dependency and neglect…
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