Legal Opinion

People ex rel. L.B.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided April 28, 2011No. 10CA2344PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge WEBB.

In this dependency and neglect action, R.B., mother, appeals from the judgment allocating sole physical custody and decision-making responsibility for her child, L.B., to the child's father, A.B., and his parents, J.B. and P.B., jointly. She primarily contends that we must remand for further proceedings because her court-appointed trial counsel was ineffective. Because we conclude that this remedy is available only where parental rights have been terminated, and we reject her other contentions, we affirm.

I. Background

When L.B. was. born in 2002, R.B. and AB. were married.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. People v. TennesonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
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  4. Silva v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007
  5. People ex rel. D.R.W.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2004

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