# Chavez v. Shea

> Supreme Court of Colorado · July 29, 1974 · 185 Colo. 400

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9605879

## Case

- **Full name:** Emilia Chavez, Individually and as Next Friend of David Chavez, a Minor v. Con F. Shea, Executive Director of the Colorado State Department of Social Services;The Colorado Department of Social Services; And the Colorado State Board of Social Services
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Colorado
- **Decided:** July 29, 1974
- **Citations:** 185 Colo. 400; 525 P.2d 1148; 1974 Colo. LEXIS 936
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Groves
- **Judges:** Hodges, Pringle, Kelley, Groves
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9605879

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that equitable adoption would not support foster parents’ claim to welfare benefits

## Opinion text

MR. JUSTICE GROVES
dissenting:
I reluctantly dissent. I like the majority opinion here and the dissent in United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno, 413 U.S. 528 , 93 S.Ct. 2821 , 37 L.Ed.2d 782 (1973). I am unable, however, to distinguish the situation here with that in Moreno and feel that this decision forces me to say that here too there is a violation of equal protection.

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