Did you know that certain persons listed in a Colorado statute are required to report any suspected child abuse to police or the Department of Human Services? This law, listed a C.R.S. 19-3-304, is a windfall for police and social services, but a huge loss for the...
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Clergy as Child Abuse Mandatory Reporters in Colorado?
A common misconception is that pastors, priests, rabbi and other clergy are mandatory reporters of child abuse (including sexual abuse) in Denver, Jefferson and Adams County, and across the state of Colorado. Let's look specifically to the law from C.R.S. 19-3-304....
Child Abuse and the DHS Trails System
Most mothers would die for their children without giving it a second thought. Yet, good mothers sometimes end up getting charged with Child Abuse in Denver, Jefferson and Arapahoe County. How can that happen? The Typical Basis for Charges Generally, we see mothers...
Dependency and Neglect & Social Services’ CYA Policy
Let me cast political correctness aside and maybe burn a bridge or two. After 22 years of working with Dependency and Neglect cases in Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson County, I continue to have one principle ingrained in me over and over: Social...
Child Abuse & Assault by Pepper Spray, C.R.S. 18-6-401
Colorado Springs police were recently searching for a man who is accused of assaulting (C.R.S. 18-3-204) a group of children who were bullying his son. The man allegedly sprayed four juveniles with pepper spray, yelled obscenities at them, and chastised them for...
Child Abuse Attorney in Denver
Under current Colorado law, a person can be charged with Child Abuse under C.R.S. 18-6-401. The first step for anyone charged with the crime of Child Abuse in Arapahoe, Douglas, or Denver County is to call a criminal defense immediately. Child Abuse convictions will...
Colorado Dependency and Neglect – Social Services Out of Control
Occasionally, our criminal cases involving Child Abuse, C.R.S. 18-6-401, migrate into Dependency and Neglect (D&N) cases in Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson County. This is a civil type case where children are taken from their parents for the "safety" of the child....
Colorado Child Abuse, C.R.S. 18-6-401
The Colorado Child Abuse statute (C.R.S. 18-6-401) covers a broad range of classes of crimes. Child Abuse may be charged in Denver, Arapahoe, or Douglas county as a class 3 misdemeanor, or in Weld, and Jefferson county all the way up to a class 1 felony, or murder in...
Mandatory Reporters, Child Abuse & Neglect in Colorado: C.R.S. 19-3-304
Denver Failure to Report Child Abuse Lawyer: Mandatory Reporters Certain professions in Colorado must report any Child Abuse (C.R.S. 18-6-401) they have reasonable cause to know about (C.R.S. 19-3-304). This would include any reasonable cause to know of Sexual Assault...
Denver Child Abuse Lawyers, C.R.S. 18-6-401
Child Abuse Defense Attorney We are Denver Child Abuse lawyers, C.R.S. 18-6-401, who frequently handle such cases. The hardest part of working on these cases is the sadness seen from parents whose children have been unintentionally hurt. Such injuries cause mothers...