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Do It Yourself - Custody

Understanding Divorce and Custody Issues
Frequently asked questions explaining what you will experience when you file for a divorce and/or when a divorce is filed against you, including how the court determines what will happen with issues about children of your marriage.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Northwest Project
Read this in: Spanish / Español

How do you ask the court to determine who has what parental responsibilities (custody)? This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
These are the instructions and forms you need to use to ask the court to determine Parental Responsibilities (Custody). (You need Acrobat Reader to open the forms in this packet. Scroll down and click on the Acrobat icon to download a copy.)
By: Colorado State Judicial Branch

Custody Preparation for Moms (Separate Website)
This sites' focus is on helping and educating protective mothers. The information on this site is not intended to be legal advice.
By: custodyprepformoms.org

How to Ask the Courts to Change Custody Orders This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

If you have a divorce decree or have permanent orders in a case already establishing parental responsibility of your child(ren) (custody) and you want to make a change to those orders, this is the information you need.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Fort Collins

Change of Custody This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

How to change custody (allocation of parental responsibility) orders.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Northwest Project

How to File Contempt of Court in Domestic Cases
This site has instructions and forms you need when filing contempt of court citations. You must have Adobe Reader on your computer. If you do not, go to www.adobe.com, look for the icon "Get Adobe Reader", click on it and follow instructions.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch

Do It Yourself - Parenting Time

Modification of Domestic Relation Orders - video
Watch this bilingual video resource to learn more about requesting changes to existing parental court orders.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Denver, CO

Changing Visitation
How to change, reduce or restrict visitation - child is living with you.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Read this in: Spanish / Español

Other Information

What is a Contempt Citation?
When someone files a contempt citation against you, it means they are asking the Judge to punish you because they believe you have violated a court order.
By: Colorado Legal Services

Emergency Legal Assistance for Victims (Separate Website)
Aiding victims through trauma intervention, emergency legal assistance and advocacy, crisis court support and intervention services.
By: Project Safeguard

A Father's Guide to Child Support This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This handbook serves to help fathers understand how child support works. Children have the right to receive support from both parents and do not lose that right when a parent is not in their home.
By: CDHS, Division of Child Support Enforcement

Free Legal Information from LawLine9 (Separate Website)
This program is designed to provide information on options, legal information and suggestions where the individual may go for legal assistance. They are designed to aid understanding of legal issues and not designed to provide specific legal advice for individual circumstances.
By: Denver Bar Association

Instructions and Forms to Enforce Parenting Time (Separate Website)
These instructions and forms will help you learn about completing an enforcing parenting time court filing, rules & laws in Colorado, case filing form & fee requirements.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch


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