in Interest of C.W.B., Jr

¶39 The majority concludes that, when the General Assembly gave foster parents the unconditional right to intervene in dependency and neglect proceedings in section 19-3-507(5)(a), C.R.S. (2017), it intended for that right to extend only to the trial-level proceedings but not on appeal. I cannot agree. The majority's position is inconsistent with the plain language of section 19-3-507(5)(a) and our holding in A.M. v. A.C. , 2013 CO 16 , 296 P.3d 1026 , and destroys the procedural mechanism of C.R.C.P. 24(a)(1). The majority holds that, "although section 19-3-507(5)(a) permits foster parents…