People Ex Rel. C.S.

Citations

• 2017 COA 96
• 405 P.3d 467
• 2017 WL 2982112
• 2017 Colo. App. LEXIS 882

Syllabus

The Weld County Department of Human Services (Department) filed a motion with the juvenile court to dismiss a dependency and neglect petition involving C.S. Father agreed to the dismissal but requested expungement of administrative findings of child abuse made against him by the Department. The court dismissed the case and denied father's request, finding that father could obtain due process through an administrative hearing. On appeal, father argued that the juvenile court denied him a fundamentally fair proceeding when it dismissed the case without also ensuring the expungement of the administrative child abuse filing that led to the filing of the case. The Court of Appeals concluded that the juvenile court lacks authority to order expungement of child abuse and neglect records and reports, and the court's order granting the parties' voluntary dismissal of the petition is not final and appealable. The Court does not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal. The appeal was dismissed.