R.W. and H.W. v. the People of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of Minor Child E.W.

Summary

The court held that a Colorado juvenile court does not automatically lose exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over a dependency-and-neglect proceeding merely because the child and both parents move out of state. Because Colorado had initial home-state jurisdiction, no other state asserted jurisdiction, and the termination proceeding was a remedy within the existing case rather than a new custody proceeding, the juvenile court could terminate parental rights. The court affirmed the appellate decision and declined to decide whether the interstate placement statute independently supplied jurisdiction.