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There are three types of fees:

1. (Court) Statutory Filing Fees: Filings fees for specific filings. These are the same filing fees that are charged at the clerk’s office. These fees are not charged until the filing is accepted by the court. They can be waived if the courts grants a fee waiver. Currently, you can't E-File if you have received a fee waiver. 

2. (CCE) E-Filing Fees: The $12 fee charged per filing. You can file as many documents as you need in one filing. This fee is not charged until the filing is accepted by the court.

3. (*CCE & USPS) Service Fees: These are the fees charged when a party requests the E-Filing system to provide Service. Service occurs when the party submits the filing. These fees are non-refundable. If the other party has a CCE account, they are automatically Served, and a $12 fee is charged. That information is included in the terms and conditions when the E-Filing account is created. If USPS Service is requested, the fees are based on the number of pages.

CCE (Colorado Courts E-Filing): There is a $12 fee to serve the other party if they have a CCE account.

USPS (United States Postal Service, a.k.a. US Mail): Review the E-Filing Pricing Model.

Do not file or use the E-Filing system for someone else.

Do not let someone else E-File your documents.

Make sure the caption box is filled out completely on every page that has one.

Make sure you sign every place that asks for a signature.

Make sure you scan documents correctly:

- Each document must be scanned separately. If a document contains multiple pages, it is still considered one document, and pages should be scanned together.

- You can include multiple documents for one filing, but they cannot be combined into one scanned document. Each document needs to be scanned separately, then uploaded into your filing.

Denver County Court cases are not available in the Colorado Court's E-Filing system. Organizations should continue to file and serve in Denver County Court through File & Serve Xpress. Denver District and Probate Court cases can be submitted through the Colorado Court's E-Filing system.
 

The children must reside in Colorado for a minimum of six months prior to the filing date, or since birth if under six months of age. If this time requirement is not met at the time of filing, issues regarding the children cannot be addressed as part of the dissolution/legal separation case.

When an attorney leaves an organization, both the attorney and the organization will retain access to the case until the attorney or the organization takes one of the actions below to transfer ownership.  

The transferring attorney keeps the case: The attorney will receive a new system account in the new organization and should file a “Notice of Change of Address - Attorney” under this new account. This filing will transfer the case to the new organization.

The current organization keeps the case: The organization should file a “Substitution of Counsel”.  This filing will keep the case at the existing organization and update counsel of record.

Neither the transferring attorney nor the existing organization will continue representation: The attorney should file a “Notice of Withdrawal" or "Motion to Withdraw”. This will remove case access from the attorney and the organization.

Victims may choose to take on the responsibility of collecting restitution on their own. Nothing in this process requires filing a new or separate civil case in the State of Colorado.

Victims who chooses to pursue collection on their own must first file notice with the sentencing court by submitting form JDF 229.

Once the notice has been filed, the following efforts by the court to collect restitution stop:

• collections staff will not actively pursue,
• intercepted funds will not apply, and
• interest will no longer be calculated by the court.

The victim will become responsible for:

• calculating interest,
• identifying the offender’s income and assets,
• issuing garnishments and liens through the court and notifying the court of any direct payments by submitting form JDF 242.

Victims may decide to withdraw from pursuing collections on their own by filing form JDF 230 with the court. Form JDF 242 must accompanying that notice, detailing the payment dates and amounts of restitution the victim collected.

For more information and to access JDF forms, please visit www.coloradojudicial.gov. Collections Investigators and the Office of Restitution Services are available to answer questions.

For further collection remedies that the victim may pursue, please refer to Section 16-18.5-107, C.R.S. 

Filing fees are not refundable except by order of the court.

The filing fees are determined by statute. 13-32-104(1)(a) C.R.S

Yes, the system allows up to 15MB per document, with a total of 150MB per filing submission.  
 

Either party must reside in Colorado for at least 90 days prior to the filing of the Petition. There is a mandatory 90-day waiting period before the court can enter the divorce decree.

The children must reside in Colorado for a minimum of six months prior to the filing date, or since birth if under six months of age.

See Child Custody without a Marriage or Civil Union for more information.

Your case should be filed in the county where you or the Co-Petitioner/Respondent resides. Either party must reside in Colorado for at least 90 days prior to the filing of the Petition.

Use the courts locator to find the correct court location.

3rd Party Filers and their law firms must sign a Supplemental User Agreement. 3rd Party Filers will need to scan and email the signed agreement to efilingsupport@judicial.state.co.us. A Support Team member will notify each organization when the account creation process is complete.

Yes. Persons petitioning the court to adopt a child, and all adults residing in the home, must complete three background checks: 

1. Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) background check
2. FBI Fingerprint Identification
3. Child Abuse and Neglect Records Check (CDHS TRAILS)  

Background checks must be conducted within 90 days prior to filing. Petitioner should attach copies of all three background checks to the petition.

The Court will set the conditions of your probation and those will be reviewed with you by your Probation Officer. Violation of any condition may lead to the filing of a complaint with the Court and a hearing where the Court will determine if you violated your probation and if your probation will be revoked. If probation is revoked, you may be re-sentenced to probation or sentenced to Community Corrections, jail or prison if you are an adult or committed to the Division of Youth Corrections if you are a juvenile.