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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.

An adoption is the legal process where birth parents’ rights are terminated and permanently awarded to adoptive parents. When a child is adopted, the adopting parents assume all the rights and responsibilities for the child. A birth parent cannot reappear one day and try to reclaim parental rights of the child.

A child can be adopted by a step-parent if the custodial parent agrees and the non-custodial parent has either: 

• Abandoned the child for a year or more, 
• Failed to provide reasonable support for the child, such as failing to pay child support, or 
• Consents to the adoption. C.R.S. § 19-5-203(d)(I) and (II).

Each position within the Judicial Branch has a certain salary range assigned to it. Based on experience and other considerable factors, newly hired employees begin their employment towards the beginning of the pay range. Approval from the State Court Administrator’s Office is required for any new hire offered above 20% of the minimum pay rate.

State law protects a juror’s regular job. An employer cannot fire you or withhold your benefits as a result of your jury duty.  An employer also cannot harass, threaten or coerce you or make demands of an employed juror that will substantially interfere with the effective performance of juror service (§13-71-134, C.R.S.).
 

Since the summons process is random, there is no easy explanation to this question. Each name goes into the system with a different random number attached to it each year. In some counties with small populations, almost every qualified citizen will be called for jury service each year due to the number of jury trials requested.
 

County Court: Civil suits asking for money damages, FED case types filed pursuant to §13-40-101 et. seq., foreign judgments, name changes, replevins, misdemeanors, and minor traffic infractions. 

District Court: General jurisdiction civil, domestic relations, probate, and water cases. Criminal and juvenile delinquency cases.

Court of Appeals: All case classes and types.

Supreme Court: All case classes and types. 

Depending on the needs of the individual and the nature of the disability, accommodation may include: having the clerk mail out forms to a person limited in his or her ability to visit the courthouse; holding a proceeding in a more accessible location; allowing the testimony of a witness to be videotaped; or the use of video conferencing technology in lieu of a personal appearance.

A service animal is any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefits of an individual with a disability including physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability. Some examples include: guiding a person who is blind or has low vision; alerting a person with a hearing loss to certain sounds; picking up or retrieving objects; and providing physical support or assistance with balance.

An Initial Status Conference is a meeting of the judge and the lawyers (or unrepresented parties) to determine how the case is progressing. At the status conference, the judge may ask whether and how the parties have tried to settle the case. Often, court rules require the parties to file paperwork before the conference to answer questions about the issues to be discussed at the conference.

For more information, view About Family Cases Forms.

The Colorado Judicial Department has an ADA grievance process through the Office of the State Court Administrator by which an individual may seek review of a decision concerning reasonable accommodation. A grievance form, with a copy of the previous decision included, should be submitted within 60 days of the alleged violation to the Director of Human Resources or a designee at the Colorado State Court Administrator's Office, 1300 Broadway, Suite 1200, Denver, CO 80203.