Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Stewart

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided January 31, 2002No. 01CA0558PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge METZGER.

The sole issue in this post-dissolution proceeding is whether, under recent amendments to the statutes governing modification of parental responsibilities, the endangerment standard or the best interests standard applies to modifications of parental responsi bilities where the parents equally share joint legal and physical custody under the original decree. We conclude that the best interests standard applies. Accordingly, we vacate the district court's order denying the motion to modify the joint custody originally granted to Arthur D. Weigle (father) and Ann E.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of FrancisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. People v. UllerySupreme Court of Colorado · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Marriage of RoosaColorado Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. In Re Marriage, Kniskern v. KniskernColorado Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. In re the Marriage of HuntColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Schwartz v. BookerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2024

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