HIDAHL v. GILPIN COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Civ. A. No. 88-C-1537.

699 F.Supp. 846 (1988)

Jack HIDAHL and Cindy Hidahl, individually and as next friends on behalf of Tore Hidahl and Tad Hidahl, Plaintiffs, v. GILPIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Colorado State Department of Social Services; Susie Lala, individually and as an employee of the Gilpin County Department of Social Services; Jane Felix, individually and as an employee of the Gilpin County of Social Services; Mary Mason, individually and as an employee of the Gilpin County Department of Social Services; Gilpin County Sheriff's Office; John Bayne, individually and as deputy sheriff for the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office; the Board of County Commissioners for the County of Gilpin; and the Board of Social Services for the County of Gilpin, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

November 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Pickard, White & Pickard, Denver, Colo. and Claudia Miller, Frazer & Miller, Lakewood, Colo., for plaintiffs.

J.J. Petrock and Frederick A. Fendel, III, Petrock & Fendel, Denver, Colo., for Gilpin County defendants.

Larry D. Tannenbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., for Colorado State Dept. of Social Services.


ORDER

CARRIGAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Jack and Cindy Hidahl commenced this civil rights action, on behalf of themselves and their two children, alleging that state and local officials violated their constitutional rights by improperly: (1) conducting a child abuse investigation; (2) filing a dependency and neglect action; and (3) removing the children from the Hidahls' home. Defendants are the Gilpin County Department of Social Services, the Colorado...

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