DocketNumber： 22SC348
Filed Date： 8/15/2022
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 7/29/2024
<div data-spec-version="0.0.3dev" data-generated-on="2024-05-22"> <div class="generated-from-iceberg vlex-toc"> <link href="https://doc-stylesheets.vlex.com/ldml-xml.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></link> <div class="ldml-decision"><div class="ldml-decision"><div href="/vid/932445639" data-vids="932445639" class="ldml-header header ldml-header content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Header"> <p class="ldml-metadata"> 1 </p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"> <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">The People of the State of Colorado</span>, <span class="ldml-role">Petitioner</span>/<span class="ldml-role">Cross-Respondent</span></span> In the Interest of Minor <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Children: Jay.J.L. and Jac.J.L.</span>, and <span class="ldml-role">Petitioner</span>/<span class="ldml-role">Cross-Respondent</span></span> <span class="ldml-party">Jay.J.L. and Jac.J.L., children</span>, </b><b class="ldml-bold"> v. </b><b class="ldml-bold"> <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">J.M.G.</span>, and <span class="ldml-role">Respondent</span>/<span class="ldml-role">Cross-Petitioner</span></span> </b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"> B.J.L. Respondent </b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-cite"><b class="ldml-bold">No. 22SC348</b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-court">Supreme Court of Colorado</span>, En Banc</b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-date"><b class="ldml-bold">August 15, 2022</b></span></p></div> <div class="ldml-casehistory"><p data-paragraph-id="319" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="319" data-sentence-id="336" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">Court of Appeals</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_336"><span class="ldml-cite">Case No. 21CA659</span></a></span></span> </p></div><div class="ldml-opinion content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Opinion"><p data-paragraph-id="376" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="376" data-sentence-id="392" class="ldml-sentence">Petitions and <span class="ldml-entity">Cross-Petition for Writ</span> of Certiorari GRANTED.</span> </p><p data-paragraph-id="459" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="459" data-sentence-id="475" class="ldml-sentence">Whether <span class="ldml-entity">the court of appeals</span> erred in its <span class="ldml-entity">analysis of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_475"><span class="ldml-cite">section 19-1-126</span></a></span></span>, C.R.S. <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>)</span>, and <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_475" data-refglobal="regulation:/us/regulations/25/23/107_a"><span class="ldml-cite">25 C.F.R. section 23.107<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> and in concluding the Department had not exercised due diligence in gathering information to determine whether the child was an Indian child.</span> </p><p data-paragraph-id="766" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="766" data-sentence-id="782" class="ldml-sentence">Whether <span class="ldml-entity">the court of appeals</span> erred in declining to follow the analysis of a separate division in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_782" data-refglobal="case:intheinterestofemno21ca0381507p3d113,2021coa152december16,2021"><span class="ldml-refname"><em class="ldml-emphasis">People in Interest of E.M.</em></span>, <span class="ldml-cite">2021 COA 152
</span>, <span class="ldml-cite">507 P.3d 113
</span></a></span>, which held that a parent disclosing Native American heritage through a specific tribe was sufficient to give <span class="ldml-entity">a juvenile court</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"reason to know"</span> the child is an Indian child, thus triggering ICWA's notice provisions.</span> </p><p data-paragraph-id="1192" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="1192" data-sentence-id="1208" class="ldml-sentence">DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.</span> </p></div> </div></div> </div> </div>