In re Constitutionality of the Confidential Intermediary Statute, Tomlinson

This is an appeal from an order of the Juvenile Court for the City and County of Denver declaring the Confidential Intermediary Statute, sections 19-5-301 to -304, 8B C.R.S. (1992 Supp.), unconstitutional.1 The appellants, Karen Jeanne Tomlinson (Tom-linson) and Robert Sean Wood (Wood), assert that the juvenile court did not have judicial authority to review the constitutionality of the statutory provisions and could not sua sponte find that the Confidential Intermediary Statute was unconstitutional. We agree. We reverse the ruling of the juvenile court and remand with directions to appoint a…