Drug Exposure
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Appeals court clarifies significance of pinpointing drug exposure for child neglect cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday clarified it does matter whether a child experienced drug exposure in her parents’ custody, rejecting a Montrose County judge’s conclusion that the location was irrelevant to determining whether the infant was neglected. A child is neglected under Colorado law if, among other things, their “environment is injurious” to their welfare.…

