In the Interest of Karah Madrone, and Lorrena Madrone

Summary

The court exercised original jurisdiction and held that the district court applied the wrong legal standard when it assumed jurisdiction over the initial custody dispute based on the parties' intent to reside indefinitely in Colorado. The district court was required to apply the exclusive jurisdictional framework in Colorado's UCCJEA, including determining whether another state had home-state jurisdiction and whether any alternative basis for jurisdiction existed. The court vacated the jurisdictional order and remanded for a full UCCJEA analysis.