Tag: Shannon Mcshane
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Controversial parental evaluator faces suspension and warnings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado court administrators suspended parental evaluator Stephanie Norris from accepting court appointments after finding Norris failed to acknowledge an issue was beyond her competency when a judge appointed her to make custody recommendations in a…
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Former Colorado parental evaluator’s deception costs her 4-year prison sentence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Judges throughout Colorado once relied on Shannon McShane’s custody recommendations, but the lies she made to those judge as a court-appointed parental evaluator and her retaliation against a parent who exposed her deceptions landed her a sentence of four years in prison. Denver District Court…
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Former Colorado parental evaluator pleads guilty to felonies in custody case fraud case
A former Colorado parental evaluator who sent more than 20 child custody cases into chaos amid accusations that she lied about holding a doctorate in psychology pleaded guilty on Friday to two felonies and a misdemeanor. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced in a press release that Shannon McShane, 57, pleaded guilty to one count each…
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Indictment against former Colorado parental evaluator details alleged lies and retaliation, job threat against parent
Former evaluator Shannon McShane faces 15 felony counts.
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Former Colorado parental evaluator indicted for alleged crimes in child custody cases
A grand jury has handed up a 15-count felony indictment against Shannon McShane, the former parental evaluator who last year relinquished her psychology license while dozens of custody cases in Colorado descended into chaos amid allegations that McShane falsified her credentials needed to accept court appointments. An arrest warrant was issued for McShane’s arrest on…
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Colorado AG’s office opens criminal inquiry into former parental evaluator
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation into Shannon McShane, the former parental evaluator who relinquished her state license to practice psychology amid allegations disclosed by The Gazette that she falsified her credentials and retaliated against a parent who reported her to regulators. Parents interviewed by the criminal investigator with the Attorney…
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Colorado’s controversial parenting evaluators get immunity from civil lawsuits, judge rules
A Boulder County judge has ruled that Colorado’s controversial parenting evaluators enjoy immunity that protects them from lawsuits, bringing an end to plans to hold several evaluators accountable through class-action litigation. The evaluators hold great influence in custody disputes brought to courts and have been the subject of a rash of complaints of bias. In…
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Colorado parental evaluation industry faces calls for audit, tougher rules after fake Ph.D scandal
A legislator vowed to push for new laws as well as a state audit to prevent unqualified parental evaluators from continuing to put Colorado children in peril amid growing criticism from parents who say the evaluation industry has mired their custody cases in turmoil. State Rep. Meg Froelich, a Democrat from Greenwood Village, spoke out…
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Colorado parental evaluator accused of falsifying credentials sent child custody cases into turmoil — despite key warning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A court-appointed psychologist who fixated on whether the nickname “Sleepy Melo” meant a father was a gang member unfit to parent his children turned in a child custody recommendation so flawed that a magistrate barred the psychologist in November from ever working again for his…