Hello Justice,
I applaud you for starting your website. We have been networking and trying to spread the word of efforts for Justice.
Chief Justice Mullarkey responded to a January 2007 direct letter from parents, testimony by mothers including myself before the House Judiciary Committee against SB09-069, and Recommendation 69 A-F of the Final Report of the Commission on Families in the Colorado Courts (August 2002) by tasking the State Court Administrator's Office (SCAO) to make recommendations for Child Family Investigator (CFI) and Parenting Coordinators (PCs) reform by September 2010. These Interim reforms were published August 23. http://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Administration/Executive/Standing%20Committee%20on%20Family%20Issues/Interim_Report_to_Chief_Justice_062310.pdf . Final Report was due December 1, but I haven't seen it yet.
Reforms were suggested in 2002 and again in 2003, but died due to considerable pushback by unethical practitioners. Significant opposition occurred in 2010 also, limiting Legislative and Judicial approval once again.
As you know, the role of the CFI in Colorado is very powerful. As the “investigative arm of the Court”, they enjoy quasi-judicial immunity, are subject to no body of regulation, report only to the District Court, with the opinion of the CFI as omnipresent. This also applies to court-appointed Parental Responsibility Evaluators (PREs), Guardian Ad litems (GALs), Decision Makers (DMs), and Parenting Coordinators(PC). See attached No Jurisdiction = No Accountability pictorial.
These psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and attorneys are taking advantage of the system as court appointed assignments are not subject to any insurance payment maximums. They are able to earn $200 - $400 an hour; without any oversight or accountability, background checks, verification of training requirements, competency assessments, continued qualifications, or standard investigation protocols.
The proposed Reforms seek to address this as the SCAO learned our state Licensing Board (DORA) is not protecting Colorado's families and children. The report highlights ~ 60 complaints per year have been dismissed due to the quasi judicial immunity granted by C.R.S. 12-43-215(7). The CFI role has been in effect since 1998, totaling 720+ dismissed complaints at DORA alone with no accountability for fraud, perjury, or false child abuse allegations which have taken children away from deserving parents.
I've been to the Sheriff, the District Attorney, the FBI, DORA, the American Psychological Association, the Chief Judge, the District Court Administrator, the SCAO, and the Office of the Child's Representative -- all of whom claim no jurisdiction. My complaint is one of the 5 mentioned before them in the Report on pg 3, however there isn't a process to continue investigating it. Recommendations #2 and #4 seek to change this.
For more information, please contact the State Court Administrator's Office directly:
Chad Edinger
Court Auxiliary Services Coordinator
Colorado State Court Administrators Office
101 West Colfax Ave, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202
phone: 303-837-3605
fax: 303-837-2340
chad.edinger@judicial.state.co.us
and
Bill DeLisio
Family Law Program Manager
Colorado State Court Administrator's Office
101 West Colfax, 5th Floor
Denver, CO 80202
(o) 303-837-3623
(f) 303-837-2340
bill.delisio@judicial.state.co.us
The reforms are also supported by Knowyourcourts.com, Three Sides to Every Story, and the Equal Justice Foundation.
Reforms were suggested in 2002 and again in 2003, but died due to considerable pushback by unethical practitioners. Significant opposition occurred in 2010 also, limiting Legislative and Judicial approval once again.
As you know, the role of the CFI in Colorado is very powerful. As the “investigative arm of the Court”, they enjoy quasi-judicial immunity, are subject to no body of regulation, report only to the District Court, with the opinion of the CFI as omnipresent. This also applies to court-appointed Parental Responsibility Evaluators (PREs), Guardian Ad litems (GALs), Decision Makers (DMs), and Parenting Coordinators(PC). See attached No Jurisdiction = No Accountability pictorial.
These psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and attorneys are taking advantage of the system as court appointed assignments are not subject to any insurance payment maximums. They are able to earn $200 - $400 an hour; without any oversight or accountability, background checks, verification of training requirements, competency assessments, continued qualifications, or standard investigation protocols.
The proposed Reforms seek to address this as the SCAO learned our state Licensing Board (DORA) is not protecting Colorado's families and children. The report highlights ~ 60 complaints per year have been dismissed due to the quasi judicial immunity granted by C.R.S. 12-43-215(7). The CFI role has been in effect since 1998, totaling 720+ dismissed complaints at DORA alone with no accountability for fraud, perjury, or false child abuse allegations which have taken children away from deserving parents.
I've been to the Sheriff, the District Attorney, the FBI, DORA, the American Psychological Association, the Chief Judge, the District Court Administrator, the SCAO, and the Office of the Child's Representative -- all of whom claim no jurisdiction. My complaint is one of the 5 mentioned before them in the Report on pg 3, however there isn't a process to continue investigating it. Recommendations #2 and #4 seek to change this.
For more information, please contact the State Court Administrator's Office directly:
Chad Edinger
Court Auxiliary Services Coordinator
Colorado State Court Administrators Office
101 West Colfax Ave, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202
phone: 303-837-3605
fax: 303-837-2340
chad.edinger@judicial.state.
and
Bill DeLisio
Family Law Program Manager
Colorado State Court Administrator's Office
101 West Colfax, 5th Floor
Denver, CO 80202
(o) 303-837-3623
(f) 303-837-2340
bill.delisio@judicial.state.
The reforms are also supported by Knowyourcourts.com, Three Sides to Every Story, and the Equal Justice Foundation.
Sincerely,
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