child neglect
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Colorado’s justices to review whether lawyers may abandon clients’ claims
Can attorneys representing defendants who are challenging their criminal convictions discard certain claims without their clients’ informed consent? The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review the question after the state’s Court of Appeals last year decided a Larimer County judge was wrong to assume a defendant’s lawyer had abandoned some of her client’s…
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Denver judge wrongly terminated cognitively-impaired mother’s parental rights, appeals court says
In a case involving domestic violence, homelessness and a special-needs child, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Denver judge wrongly terminated a cognitively-impaired woman’s parental rights based on inaccurate findings about her disability. By 2-1, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the facts did not support Juvenile Court Judge Laurie A. Clark’s determination…
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Colorado legislature unanimously OKs ‘reasonable independence’ for children
When Brinley Sheffield was 7 years old, she decided she wanted to be a runner. After running around her block several times with her parents to learn the route, Sheffield embarked on her first solo trip with the goal of completing two laps in a row. The run was going well, until she noticed a…