Legal Opinion

Overturf v. DIST. CT. OF 20TH JUD. DIST.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 13, 1979No. 79 SA 423Published

1Opinion of the Court

602 P.2d 850 (1979)

Sarah OVERTURF, formerly Sarah Abila, Petitioner,

v.

The DISTRICT COURT OF the 20TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT and the Honorable Horace B. Holmes, District Court Judge, Respondents.

No. 79 SA 423.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 13, 1979.

Harriet Templer Moskovit, Boulder, for petitioner.

James M. Downey, Asst. County Atty., Boulder, for respondents.

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

Petitioner Sarah Overturf requested a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to decide a question of termination of her parental rights. We issued the rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

The…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. In Re People in Interest of MMSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  3. Spann v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  4. People in Interest of HAC v. DCCSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  5. People in Interest of THSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979

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