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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…