We also recommend that you visit the Colorado State Branch of Justice website for more updates and requirements for filing divorce documents. In addition, all Colorado courts use the same basic divorce forms. But some courts also have special local forms of legal separation. To find out if you need special local forms, contact your clerk or your local district court`s website. Forms can be published on their website. If this is not the case, the website will provide the address and phone number of your local courthouse. Fill out the form “Application for declaration of nullity of marriage” (which is used for illegal marriages) or the form “Application for dissolution of marriage or legal separation” and the information sheet on the case to start the divorce procedure. Then inform your spouse by filing a summons to declare the marriage null and void or a summons to dissolve the marriage or legal separation (for illegal marriages). If you are separated from your spouse and wish to file for divorce, you can apply for the conversion of the legal separation judgment into a decree on the dissolution of the form of marriage.

Your spouse can then submit a response to the request for dissolution of marriage or legal separation (for legal marriages). An application/determination form to amend the application (marriage) can then be completed during the divorce or legal separation in order to amend the application for divorce to legal separation or legal separation to divorce. Next, submit the sworn financial statements to report your assets, and if other assets need to be reported, submit the sworn financial statements, with supporting appendices. Then, file the separation (marriage) agreement to divide the property between the two parties to the divorce. Next, submit a statement from the applicant/co-applicant/defendant before the trial and, if you need to update a financial affidavit, attach the form. Then, if you have children, complete the parenting plan and support order to determine who gets custody of the children and who needs to pay child support. You can then file an affidavit for an order in council without the parties appearing (marriage) if you and your spouse agree on important issues and don`t want to waste money and time going to court. Finally, complete the decree on the dissolution of marriage or legal separation to officially end the marriage or legally separated from your spouse.

We work daily in our mediation process with similar tools optimized for divorce professionals in terms of support options (among the best is Colorado Attorney Bill Redak`s child support program). However, we cannot help you with email or phone inquiries about these Colorado child support forms. All of this is available here in Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf). If your computer does not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these Colorado forms and tools, here is a link to download the required Adobe software (this software is provided free of charge by its developer). With this version of this software tool, you can view and print the changes made to these documents, but not edit and save them. Well, you knew there were official Colorado court forms with divorce, alimony, or paternity cases, right? The basic court forms, as developed by the Colorado State Branch of Justice, are available here in Microsoft Word and Adobe Portable Document formats. (Of course, this is not a complete list of all forms that are suitable for all cases or circumstances. See our warning about working with Colorado divorce forms below.) An affidavit of your financial situation (including income and expenses, as well as assets and debts), now known as sworn financial statements, is also required in all cases of divorce or legal separation in Colorado. With effect from 1. In March 2006, this simplified form replaced the much broader previous financial affidavit, officially known as the Financial Affairs Affidavit (not so affectionately referred to as “Big Bear!”), which was originally required as part of the many changes to Colorado`s divorce law and process on January 1, 2005. (For more information, see our article on new sworn financial statements.) We also include three Colorado paternity forms, which are often accessed by unmarried Colorado parents who wish to make court orders setting out their rights and recognizing their responsibility as parents.