contempt
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Pitkin County judge wrongly held mother in contempt, appeals court finds
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A Pitkin County judge issued a faulty contempt order that revoked a mother’s parenting time for three summers without addressing the required factors, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled earlier this month. After Vanessa Kirianoff-Brown did not transfer custody of her child to her ex-husband over two holiday weekends, he moved to hold her in contempt of…
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Gunnison landlords escape contempt, but federal judge remains concerned about non-discrimination compliance
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Although a trio of Gunnison landlords recently avoided being held in contempt of court, a judge has registered new concerns about their ongoing failure to comply with a non-discrimination agreement they entered into with the federal government. On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development asked for a status conference with David…
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Colorado justices show interest in validity of email notification for contempt proceedings
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The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered a Larimer County magistrate to explain why she could authorize a party to be notified solely by email about upcoming contempt proceedings. Under the procedural rules for civil cases, when a person is subject to contempt of court, notice must be served “directly” upon them. Andrew Conners, who is…
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Federal judge gives Gunnison landlords final chance to show up, avoid arrest
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A federal judge on Wednesday gave three Gunnison landlords who have repeatedly failed to comply with nondiscrimination orders one final chance to show up in court and explain themselves, or else face consequences. The bizarre saga of David Welch, John Welch and Ruth Welch began in 2020, when the three operators of a Gunnison condominium complex…
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Feds tell judge Gunnison landlords continue to thumb nose at non-discrimination order
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A group of Gunnison landlords continues to ignore the consent decree they entered into – and now a federal judge’s order – requiring them to cease discriminating against families with children in the condo complex they operate. On July 14, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that, to his knowledge, David…
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Denver judge wrongly jailed man over child support payments, appeals court finds
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A Denver judge jailed a man for 12 days over his failure to make child support payments, but she disregarded the procedural requirements and safeguards for holding someone in contempt, the state’s Court of Appeals determined. District Court Judge Nikea T. Bland ordered Rory Fitzgerald Carpenter to jail in January 2022 after a hearing in…
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Appeals court finds Garfield County judge wrongly imposed contempt sanction on mother
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Colorado’s second-highest court has found a Garfield County judge was wrong to impose a $50 fine on a mother for failing to follow a court order and arrange summer tutoring for her daughter. Judges may hold someone in contempt for disobeying an order, with two types of sanctions available. A punitive sanction, according to the…
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Judge signals openness to arresting Gunnison landlords over discrimination claims
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A federal judge indicated he will recommend a trio of residential property managers in Gunnison be held in contempt, with the potential for arrest, for their failure to abide by a consent decree in which they agreed not to discriminate against renters with children. In an unusual hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter…
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Republican Tina Peters hit with contempt of court citation in Mesa County
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was ordered on Wednesday to appear later this month before a Mesa County District Court judge on a contempt of court citation alleging that she lied to another judge about videotaping a court hearing. Peters, a Republican candidate for Colorado secretary of state, is also facing separate misdemeanor obstruction charges…
