A Colorado family investigator and parental evaluator was sentenced on June 23 to four years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, retaliation against a victim or witness, and perjury. Shannon McShane falsified her credentials en route to obtaining a Colorado license in 2017. McShane worked as an investigator, evaluator, and counselor in child custody cases, including cases in Boulder and Weld counties.
McShane submitted false disclosures to courts in Boulder, Weld, Adams, Arapahoe, and Denver counties and influenced the final outcomes of domestic relations cases, according to the indictment. Around September 7, 2022, McShane submitted false information to the Boulder County Combined Court in an attempt to influence a public servant.
An anonymous parent investigated McShane’s credentials in 2023 after she interviewed him as part of a divorce and custody case with his wife. The man sent a complaint to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) in February 2023 claiming that McShane’s PhD in Psychology is not verifiable. The man shared an email exchange with Roxanne Garara, the associate director of academic services at the University of Hertfordshire, who confirmed there was no record of any student with the name Shannon McShane…