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Collect the forms you need to initiate a divorce proceeding. ... Complete your petition. ... Copy the information from the top of your petition onto the top of the summons form, as well as the case information sheet. ... Take your three documents to the courthouse for filing, in the county where your spouse lives.

Collect the forms you need to initiate a divorce proceeding. ... Complete your petition. ... Copy the information from the top of your petition onto the top of the summons form, as well as the case information sheet. ... Take your three documents to the courthouse for filing, in the county where your spouse lives.

In order to get a divorce, you, or your spouse, must file a petition for dissolution of marriage (divorce). Courts charge fees for filing legal paperwork. The current filing fee for a divorce petition is $195.

At least one spouse must meet the state's residency requirement, which means living in Colorado for at least 91 days before filing for separation. Additionally, you'll need to wait at least 90 days before the court can act on your case.

File your divorce paperwork You can file for an uncontested divorce by filing an affidavit for decree without appearance of parties in the district court of the county where either you or your spouse lives. Your county district court clerk's office should have a form affidavit you can use.

The initial phase of a Colorado divorce takes you through a 90 day process. A summons and the petition are filed by the court and the spouse is served. There is a minimum time period of 90 days that you have to wait for the courts to grant a divorce. In some instances a divorce may be finalized in 91 days or so.

According to our survey, the average divorce in Colorado costs $14,500, including $11,400 in attorneys' fees. With the average hourly rate for attorneys in Colorado at $270, attorneys' fees are a significant chunk of the cost of divorce.

Filing and Service A Colorado divorce begins with one spouse filing a summons and a petition for dissolution of the marriage. After the other spouse is served with the documents, he has 20 days to file a response to the petition with the court. If he lives in another state, the deadline is extended to 30 days.

The average age for couples going through divorce is 30 years old. On average, a person spends about two years thinking about divorce before taking action. People wait an average of 3 years after a divorce to remarry (if they remarry at all).

The State of Colorado refers to divorce as a "dissolution of marriage", and is a purely no-fault divorce state, meaning the court will not assign fault to either party for the divorce. Colorado is only concerned with whether the marriage is "irretrievably broken" (the two parties no longer get along).

If one spouse can convince a judge that the marriage is irretrievably broken (meaning, the relationship is so badly damaged that it can't be saved), the judge will grant the divorce. In fact, Colorado case law explicitly says that adultery is not a ground for divorce.

"No fault" divorce describes any divorce where the spouse asking for a divorce does not have to prove that the other spouse did something wrong. All states allow no fault divorces. To get a no fault divorce, one spouse must simply state a reason for the divorce that is recognized by the state.

Most states with anti-adultery laws categorize the act as a misdemeanor; however, Oklahoma, Michigan, Idaho, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin all list adultery as a felony. Criminal penalties for adultery are rarely, if ever, imposed.

A Colorado divorce begins with one spouse filing a summons and a petition for dissolution of the marriage. After the other spouse is served with the documents, he has 20 days to file a response to the petition with the court. If he lives in another state, the deadline is extended to 30 days.

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