Tag: Dependency And Neglect
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Colorado justices accept appeals on Netflix taxation, children pursuing neglect cases
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether Netflix subscriptions are subject to the state’s sales tax as “tangible personal property.” At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The justices also accepted cases that question whether a minor’s legal representative can pursue an appeal…
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Appeals judge raises questions about review of custody decisions
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court suggested last week that appellate judges should have more leeway to decide whether trial judges correctly terminate or decline to terminate parents’ legal rights over their children. At the same time, the three-judge Court of Appeals panel agreed that no specific person has to be identified in order for…
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Colorado Supreme Court approves new rules for child welfare cases, with tweaks to jury trial right
The justices recently heard multiple cases asking when parents surrender their right to a child neglect jury trial, and the new rules indicate their thinking about some of those issues
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Colorado Supreme Court questions 2020 change to child neglect laws
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court pondered on Tuesday what the legislature meant to happen when it changed the state’s child neglect laws in 2020 to require more than a positive drug test at birth to deem a child neglected. The debate centered on the wording lawmakers chose to…
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Adams County judge wrongly canceled child neglect jury trial after mom failed to appear, appeals court finds
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that an Adams County judge who wound up deciding a child neglect case had no authority to cancel the planned jury trial solely because the mother failed to appear at a pretrial conference. A three-judge panel for the Court…
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Technical difficulties, constitutional rights at center of Colorado Supreme Court parental case
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared leery on Tuesday of concluding a father experienced a violation of his constitutional rights when a Jefferson County judge terminated the legal relationship with his child. There was no dispute that the man, identified as R.B., had notice of the hearing and a lawyer who advocated on his…
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When it comes to child neglect, what does ‘homeless’ mean?
Colorado’s second-highest court has reversed a Delta County judge’s finding of child neglect, partly because it was unclear whether two children who lived in a tent met the definition of homeless. Being homeless is one of the conditions in Colorado law under which a court can deem a child dependent or neglected, a finding that…