| Standing Committee on Family Issues |
In October of 2002, Chief Justice Mullarkey established the Standing Committee on Family Issues pursuant to a recommendation by the Commission on Families in the Colorado Courts (see below). The initial charge of this standing committee was to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Families and to monitor and continue to improve the ways in which Colorado courts serve families. Justice Melissa Hart is the Supreme Court liaison to the Standing Committee on Family Issues. The Committee is chaired by Judge Randall Arp.
The Standing Committee on Family Issues meets quarterly in January, April, July, and October. If you would like to submit a topic for the committee to consider adding to their agenda for any upcoming meetings, please e-mail Alexis Fredrickson at alexis.fredrickson@judicial.state.co.us.
Committee Roster (Updated August 2022)
| Judicial Officers | Attorneys |
| Justice Melissa Hart, Supreme Court Liaison | Julie Kunce Field, 8th District Court Judge (Ret.), The Consilium Institute |
| Judge Randall Arp, Chair, 1st JD | Cynthia Ciancio, Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. |
| Judge Jill Brady, 4th JD | Amy Goscha, Kalamaya Goscha |
| Judge Catherine J. Cheroutes, 5th JD | David Littman, Littman Family Law |
| Magistrate Monica Haenselman, 20th JD | Katherine Lum, Lass Moses Ramp & Cooper |
| Judge Craig Welling, Colorado Court of Appeals | Rebekah Pfahler, Colorado Legal Services |
| Magistrate Beth Elliott-Dumler, 18th JD | |
| Magistrate Karen Hubler, 2nd JD | |
| Magistrate Michelle Crozier Haynes, 2nd JD | Others |
| Alexis Fredrickson, Family Unit Programs Coordinator, SCAO (Staffs Standing Committee on Family Issues) |
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| Mental Health | Professor Rebecca Aviel - DU Sturm College of Law |
| Armand Lebovits | Joel Borgman, Child Support Coordinator, SCAO |
| Dr. Kathleen McNamara, PhD | Brittany Hildebrandt, Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator, 7th JD |
| Nicolle Rugh, Family Court Facilitator, 4th JD | |
| Sharon Sturges, Office of Dispute Resolution, SCAO | |
| Penny Wagner, Coordinator of Self-Represented Litigant Coordinators, SCAO | |
| Traci Worthan, Deputy Court Executive, 1st JD | |
| Chris Henderson, Director of Office of the Child's Representative | |
| Jaime Watman, Coordinator of Child and Family Investigators and Parental Responsibilities Evaluators, SCAO |
If you have questions about the SCFI, please contact Alexis Fredrickson at alexis.fredrickson@judicial.state.co.us.