Rios v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

This is a dependency action. We shall refer to the parties by name.

Erma Baca, a married woman, filed a petition under C.R.S. ’53, 22-7-1, in the Juvenile Court seeking to establish the dependency of her son Ronnie Lee Martinez, born May 22, 1958, upon Manuel Rios, the alleged father, for support. Both the petition and Erma’s testimony stated that at the time the child was dependent upon the public for support.

Trial was to a jury which on disputed evidence found, the child dependent and Rios to be the father. Rios seeks relief by writ of error from the “judgment”…