People ex rel. J.W. v. C.O.

JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Section 19-3-604(l)(c) of the Colorado Children’s Code provides that a juvenile court may terminate a parent’s legal relation-* ship with a child if the child is adjudicated dependent or neglected and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that certain additional conditions exist. § 19-3-604(l)(c)(I)-(III), C.R.S. (2017). Here, we must determine whether a juvenile court validly terminated a mother’s parent-child legal relationship without fmst entering a formal written order adjudicating her children as dependent or neglected.

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