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New Case Clarifies Grandparents' Custody Rights in Colorado Family and Juvenile Cases

This article addresses In re Marriage of O'Connor, 2023 COA 35, a new case about grandparents rights in Colorado visitation and custody law.

Joel M. Pratt

Let Them Eat Cake! Civil Rights and a Colorado Cake Shop

On January 26, 2023, a Division of the Colorado Court of Appeals decided Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc., 2023 COA 8, a(nother)...

Joel M. Pratt

Supreme Court of the United States Hears Challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act

On November 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in Brackeen v. Haaland, No. 21-380, three...

Joel M. Pratt

December Arguments at SCOTUS Raise Consequential Issues with Civil Rights and Voting

In the first week of December, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard arguments in two cases, both of which promise...

Joel M. Pratt

Sackett v. EPA: A Sea Change for the Clean Water Act

Court watchers will recall that, at the end of the last Supreme Court term, the Justices took up and decided a case that narrowed the...

Joel M. Pratt

ICWA at the Colorado Supreme Court

The Colorado Supreme Court issued its decision in People in Interest of My.K.M. v. V.K.L., 2022 CO 35 on June 27, 2022.* In this case,...

Joel M. Pratt

Administrative Law, the Supreme Court, and the Separation of Powers

This post explores the separation of powers principles at play this term of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Colorado Court of Appeals Splits on Payment of Child Support by Non-Parents

Analyzes a new case from the Colorado Court of Appeals addressing child support, divorce, child welfare, psychological parent, grandparents.

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Early 2022 Colorado Family and Juvenile Appellate Decisions

The Colorado Court of Appeals issued several family and juvenile cases in the first weeks of 2022, some of which affect most civil...

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New Colorado Child Custody Decision Regarding Decision-Making

This case alert describes a new Court of Appeals case regarding Colorado child custody and decision-making rules