News from the courtroom, the Capitol, and the families we work alongside.
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ICWA: What It Protects, and Where Families Get Caught
The Indian Child Welfare Act is one of the strongest protections in American child welfare law. It is also one of the most misunderstood — including by families who assume it covers them and find out in a hearing that…
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When a Disability Becomes Evidence Against You
Most people assume adult guardianship is something that happens to the elderly, after a long decline, with the family in the room. Increasingly, it is something that happens to young disabled adults, quickly, and over their family’s objection. We have…
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Jefferson County School District Interferes in Parent Custody Cases
Schools are under enormous pressure to manage and triage family custody issues among parents, children, courts and the schools. Schools have become arbiters and they tend to avoid errors by taking the strictest interpretation of information they receive. But are…
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Wins This Month
The families we’ve been working alongside had a strong stretch recently. Multiple parents who came to hearings prepared — several representing themselves — won their cases this month. In one case, a father who had gone two years without seeing…
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Groundbreaking Study Confirms Judges Are Knowingly Enabling Molester Fathers
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Hello those in need
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Child Welfare Caseworker Larimer County