Judge Dina Christiansen
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3 Colorado judges receive unfavorable retention recommendation as one performance commission violates rules
Of the 123 Colorado judges standing for retention on the November ballot, citizen-led performance commissions found that three did not meet the required performance standards. However, in an unprecedented move, the commission charged with evaluating Supreme Court and Court of Appeals members stepped in to issue its own narrative after it concluded the local performance…
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Divided Colorado Supreme Court finds parental anonymity in ‘safe haven’ law
Parents who surrender their newborns under Colorado’s “safe haven” law are entitled to anonymity and confidentiality in any subsequent adoptive proceedings involving the child, the state Supreme Court ruled on June 8. Colorado’s law, like its counterparts across the country, is intended to provide new parents with an alternative to abandoning an infant in potentially…