Judges throughout Colorado once relied on Shannon McShane’s custody recommendations, but the lies she made to those judge as a court-appointed parental evaluator and her retaliation against a parent who exposed her deceptions landed her a sentence of four years in prison.
Denver District Court Judge Alex Myers rejected attempts by McShane and her lawyer to allow her to serve out a sentence of community service for her guilty pleas to three-criminal counts related to an elaborate fraud on Colorado’s family court system.
The defense portrayed McShane — who also goes by the name Shannon Terrell — as a well-meaning individual who lied about her credentials to boost her self-esteem, while she struggled with various psychological conditions, ranging from extreme depression to anxiety and excessive use of alcohol…