Tag: Judge Mary Hoak
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Appeals court tells Grand County judge to reexamine spat between town officials
Colorado’s second-highest court directed a Grand County judge last week to conduct further analysis of the defamation claim by two former Grand Lake officials against the ex-town manager. The immediate issue before the Court of Appeals was relatively narrow: Did defendant John Crone act “willfully and wantonly” when he sent a 2021 email to the…
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Colorado’s troubled family courts: More bizarre twists in costly custody case
Cynthia Hayek said she initially was relieved when the judge presiding over her divorce decided on her own to appoint a lawyer to represent the interests of her three children and help guide custody decisions. “I’m like, ‘OK, great. Maybe we can get other people looking at this case more carefully,’” she recalled. In the…