People in Interest of PDS
This text of 669 P.2d 627 (People in Interest of PDS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Colorado Court of Appeals primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Respondent is the mother of P.D.S., an infant, who was found by the district court to be neglected or dependent under the Colorado Children’s Code, § 19-1-101 et seq., C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and whose physical custody was placed with the mother under a treatment plan. The sole issue on review is whether the district court must adjudicate the child neglected and dependent “as to” one parent only, where it has been stipulated that the child is neglected and dependent but that the other parent is blameless for the child’s condition, and where, in return for this stipulation, the request to terminate parental rights was dismissed. We affirm.
Adjudications of neglect or dependency are not made “as to” the parents, but rather, relate only to the status of the *628 child. See People in Interest of K.S., 33 Colo.App. 72, 515 P.2d 130 (1973). The provisions of § 19-1-103(20), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) define a neglected or dependent child, and the provisions of § 19-3-106(6)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1982 Cum.Supp.) and § 19-3-111(1), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) make it plain that an adjudication of dependency or neglect is a determination of the status of the child and no more.
The other arguments in support of reversal are without merit.
Judgment affirmed.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
669 P.2d 627, 1983 Colo. App. LEXIS 911, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-in-interest-of-pds-coloctapp-1983.