People in Interest of MKA

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review a decision reversing a Denver Juvenile Court judgment of paternity and contributing to the dependency of a child born out of wedlock. In Re the People of the State of Colorado in the Interest of M.K.A., a Child, Upon the Petition of A.M.B., Petitioner, and Concerning M.R.A., Respondent, 31 Colo. App. 275, 502 P.2d 101 (1972).

The chronology of events is crucial to the issue in this case. On April 2, 1964, a petition was filed alleging that respondent was the father of and, by reason of failure to support his child, was contributing to the…