Lopez v. DIST. COURT, FOURTH JUD. DIST., ETC.

This original proceeding arises out of a jurisdictional dispute in a child custody case. We issued our rule to show cause why the respondent district court should not be prohibited from exercising further jurisdiction and why the subject child, Christi Lopez, should not be returned to her father, Daniel J. Lopez. We now make the rule absolute.

I

We summarize the factual and procedural background in order that the posture of the parties to this proceeding may be better understood.

Daniel Lopez (Daniel) and his wife, Eva, were married in Colorado Springs in July 1970. They established their…