ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT INVOLVING MINOR CHILDRENDecember 29th, 2022
FiledDecember 29th, 2022THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the parties’ Notice of Resolution of Claims Against All Defendants, filed on November 9, 2022. Doc. 67. The beneficiaries of the Estate of Leland Ferrill are two minor children, T.R.F. and L.M.F. The Court, therefore, held a fairness hearing on December 22, 2022, to determine whether the settlement is in the best interests of the minor children and whether it should be approved. See Doc. 72. The Court appointed Nicole M. Charlebois as Guardian Ad Litem (“GAL”), Doc. 60, and Ms. Charlebois filed her sealed report on December 16, 2022, Doc. 71. At the fairness hearing, Frances Crockett Carpenter appeared on behalf of plaintiff; David Anthony Roman appeared on behalf of defendants Colfax County Board of Commissioners, Monty Gore, Adan Garcia, Ruben Garcia, Rochelle Jackson, George Armijo, Diane Garcia, Jimmy Intveld, Judith Romero, Robert Earl Perry, and Regina Slade; Michael Dickman appeared on behalf of defendant Mary Lou Kern; Paul Cash appeared on