Legal Opinion
People ex rel. N.S.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1991No. 90CA1808PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge SMITH.
The question presented in this appeal is one of first impression in Colorado: Whether the statutory visitation rights of paternal grandparents survive termination of the natural parents’ legal rights and the final adoption of the child by the maternal grandparents. We determine that they do not. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.
A petition in dependency and neglect concerning the child, N.S., was filed in October 1986. During the dependency and neglect proceedings, the maternal grandparents, R.T. and E.T., were awarded custody of the child, and the…
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- The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of M.M., a Child, and concerning C.M.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- In Re the Marriage of AragonColorado Court of Appeals · 1988
- Bond v. YountCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1987
3Cited by1 opinion
- People in Interest of NSColorado Court of Appeals · 1991