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Melissa C. Meirink

Court of Appeals Judge

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $824,997; debts: up to $574,998 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Annual
Court of Appeals Judge		2026-01-013 income sources, 6 assets, 2 colorado property, 3 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 2 debts
2025
Court of Appeals Judge		2025-08-223 income sources, 6 assets, 2 colorado property, 3 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 2 debts
2025
Colorado Court of Appeals Judge		2025-08-201 debts
2025 Appointed to office
Court of Appeals Judge		2025-01-153 income sources, 6 assets, 1 colorado property, 3 offices and directorships, 1 debts

Findings

Context Late or missing

Their 2025 annual disclosure is dated January 15, 2025, after the January 10 deadline

As a judge, they file a disclosure by January 10 each year. The first we found for 2025 in TRACER's Document Search is dated January 15, 2025, 5 days after the deadline.

What to check
  • Whether they took office after January 10 that year (an appointment or a new judgeship).
  • The document's date in TRACER is the date it was received or entered.
Rule: An annual disclosure after January 10, or none found
“The following state officials must file a PFD by January 10th each year 24-6-202(1), C.R.S.”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Annual Filing Requirements ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Errors in the record

2 errors in their public record: a disclosure that doesn't say why it was filed

We found these in the records as filed or as TRACER lists them, and read each as meant (shown here so anyone can check the reading): Their 2025 disclosure doesn't say why it was filed: none of the boxes (appointed, candidate, annual filing, amending) is ticked. Their 2025 disclosure doesn't say why it was filed: none of the boxes (appointed, candidate, annual filing, amending) is ticked.

What to check
  • The original filing in TRACER for each one.
  • These don't change what we show: we use the amount, name or date as meant.
Rule: Errors in the record

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