IN RE: the PEOPLE of the State of Colorado and Department of Human Services (2026)

Supreme Court of Colorado.

IN RE: the PEOPLE of the State of Colorado and Department of Human Services, Petitioners, IN the INTEREST OF Minor Child: B.J.S., and B.B., Concerning Respondent.

Supreme Court Case No. 25SA204

Decided: January 12, 2026

En Banc

Attorneys for Department of Human Services: David W. Bute, Assistant County Attorney, Morgan County, Fort Morgan, Colorado Attorney for B.J.S.: Josi McCauley, counsel for youth, Superior, Colorado Attorneys for B.B.: Henson Law, LLC, Patrick R. Henson, Denver, Colorado Attorney for the Morgan County District Court: Honorable Dina M. Christiansen, Fort Morgan, Colorado Attorneys for Amici Curiae Office of the Child's Representative and National Association of Counsel for Children: Anna N. Ulrich, Sheri Danz, Kim Dvorchak, Denver, Colorado

Order Discharged by Operation of Law

¶1 Chief Justice Márquez, Justice Samour, and Justice Berkenkotter are of the opinion that the order to show cause should be made absolute; whereas Justice Boatright, Justice Hood, and Justice Gabriel are of the opinion that it should be discharged.

¶2 Because the court is equally divided, the order of the lower court is affirmed by operation of law. See C.A.R. 35(b).

PER CURIAM

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