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Sabra Janko, Esq. practices in the areas of divorce and family mediation, divorce and family law, military divorce and family mediation and law, protection orders for victims, and non-profit association legal services.

Prior to beginning her own practice, she provided civil legal services to veterans and military families at the nonprofit association Legal Services of the Hudson Valley to include family law and Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Hudson River Valley area of New York. After relocating to Colorado, she started and managed the circa 2018 Colorado Bar Association Federal Pro Se Clinic assisting self-represented litigants with a variety of federal court civil litigation matters.

She is a former Army JAG attorney, originally enlisting with her first assignment at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California to attend Russian language training. Her last assignment was as a Professor at the United States Military Academy where she taught constitutional and criminal law.

While serving with the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, she practiced in a variety of legal areas to include administrative, criminal and international law as well as legal services. She advised servicemembers, retirees and commanders on legal service matters to include family law and income tax; including running the Fort Bragg Income Tax Assistance Center. She was a paratrooper and a combat veteran serving in Iraq and Jordan during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Military Law

Veteran's Benefits

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights

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Colorado

Janko Family Law

Current

University of Oklahoma

M.P.A. | (Public Administration)

The University of Maryland

B.A.

University of Maryland School of Law

J.D.

Activities: Maryland Journal of Healthcare Law and Policy American Bar Association Public Service Internship – Mental and Physical Disability Law Section Family Law Pro Se Clinical Program

The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School

LL.M. (2009) | Military Law

2008 - 2009

A+

Better Business Bureau

Colorado Women's Bar Association

Current

Mediation Association of Colorado

Current

Veteran’s Administration Accreditation

Current

Admitted to the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces Bar

Current

Admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar

Current

Colorado Lawyer - The Unique Legal Needs of Our Nation's Military Service members and Veterans, co-written with Nicholas Monck and Michael McKenna

November, 2022

Colorado's Federal Pro Se Clinic - First Steps

The Federal Lawyer

February, 2019

Colorado's Federal Pro Se Clinic - First Steps

Faculty of Federal Advocates

2018

Colorado's New Federal Pro Se Clinic

Colorado Lawyer

2018

Diagnostic Evidence Admissibility and the Multiple Personality Disorder Defense

Maryland Journal of Healthcare Law and Policy

1998

Firsts: Achievements of Women in the Military, Seattle, WA

December 2, 2017

The Seattle Museum of Flight

http://www.museumofflight.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Calendar-of-Events/3530/first-achievements-of-women-in-the-military

Salute To Military Women - Successes and Challenges of Women in the Military, Denver, CO

May 29, 2018

The Colorado Bar Association Military and Veterans Law Section

The Fire - Successes and Challenges of Women in the Military, The Aurora History Museum

October 16, 2018

The Aurora History Museum

https://allevents.in/aurora/brown-bag-lecture-women-in-the-military/20003121412028

The Fire – Successes and Challenges of Our Nation’s Military Women, Lowry Chapel, Denver, CO

May 18, 2019

The Denver Public Library and the Lowry Foundation

https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/we-are-fire-successes-and-challenges-our-nations-military-women

Mediation

Mares-Dixon through Colorado Bar Association

2019

Q. Are daycare expenses expected to come out of a child support payment in Colorado?

March 9, 2023

A: Generally childcare is included in the child support order. If it is, it is part of the order. If you are ordered to reimburse, then you have to reimburse. If the court has not ordered it, statute requires it, however a court would have to enforce the statute.

Q. Could aparent of a child refuse to return child to the guardian after a visit, if there was a safety concern with

February 13, 2023

A: A person can withhold a child for safety reasons, however they risk being in violation of a court order if the issue is brought to Court and the Court determines that there was not imminent harm. Generally when a person withholds a child, that person simultaneously files an emergency motion with the court with regards to the situation.

Q. After the CFI report has been filed, and the magistrate said supplemental/rebuttal report needs filed within 14 days…

January 24, 2023

A: Only a CFI can write a rebuttal report. However, you can submit whatever evidence you have in your testimony in court. There are rules of evidence surrounding character evidence and impeaching someone. If testimony is admitted about the lie, then you can impeach the lie. The CFI Report will be admitted in its entirety so you can testify as to what you believe is not accurate in the report and submit whatever evidence that you have to contradict the lie.