Celia J. Harned

If your case is assigned to Ceila Harned, do everything you can to get a new CFI. This woman is biased and incompetent beyond belief. She is enamored with the men in the case. She seemingly hates the mothers and will do everything in her power to paint the mother in a bad light and put the father in... a good light. My ex-husband had a long history of domestic violence on file with the courts. But she painted out as a saint. And she painted me as a liar, who coached my kids to hate their father. When we got to court, she walked into the room and openly hugged him, and his new girlfriend and sat right behind them waiting for court to start. Like they were best friends. She totally fawned over my ex in open court like she was a schoolgirl with a crush. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Luckily for me, her incompetence is what got her. She had my kids names listed completely wrong in her report and messed up several dates. My lawyer ate her for lunch and had her report struck from the record and she was never allowed to testify. That is what saved me that day. Avoid this woman at all costs. She is truly terrible and should have her law license stripped away.

I hope to write this review & help anyone else that chooses to use her in a case as a CFI to help your family. DON'T DO IT. She is bias & spends her time seeking info that will prove her point even if it's not what's best for the child. She is untrustworthy & does her job poorly. She was a CFI in our... case & did not help our case even with many facts that prove my ex was not making proper parenting decisions. She did nothing to help the well being of our son who is still under the control of my negligent ex 50% of the time. The court takes their opinion too seriously. She did not take any of the abuse my ex put me thru seriously simply because it wasn't physical. Emotional & verbal abuse/control is still abuse. It still affects the parenting decisions made by my ex husband.

Unfortunately my case was complicated to being with. Dealt with an abusive ex spouse and has plenty of records to prove plus reported child abuse which was investigated and found to be unsure if actually happening although my child did tell multiple people / professionals about the abuse from her bio... dad. No questions in my mind where the Colorado Justice system lives. On top of it all she took the side of the abuser! Kudos to her! Karma is right around the corner!

This women did an awful investigation in our case. She would not look at my info which was extensive. She was very one sided and reported falsely on our case. In my opinion she is a con women. She ignored sexually inappropriate behavior on the fathers side along with domestic violence. She would not ...even hear me speak amd when i tried to record the conversation she stopped the interview. This woman should not be in this position. She placed my child with a man who had 3 dependency and neglect convictions.