In re People

Today, the majority directs the courts of Colorado to ignore the command of a sister state to return an unadopted baby, born on its soil and placed for adoption according to its laws; and instead to decide for themselves whether the child would be better off in the custody of Colorado residents than in the custody of the child’s natural parents in the state of its birth. Following a dizzying discussion of jurisdictional statutes, ultimately failing to resolve their individual applicability, the majority concludes that jurisdiction to determine the fate of the child in this ease hinges on the…