District Court, Summit County, Colorado Court Address: 501 N. Park

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District Court, Summit County, Colorado

Court Address: 501 N. Park Ave.; P.O. Box 269

Breckenridge, CO 80424

Telephone: (970) 453-2241

COURT USE ONLY

In re the Matter of:

Petitioner:

Co-Petitioner/Respondent:

Case Number:

2021 DR

Division: T

DOMESTIC RELATIONS STANDARD CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

COURT FACILITATED PROCEDURE FOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASES

1. Court procedures that apply to your case are set out in Rule 16.2 of the Colorado Rules of

Civil Procedure found in many public libraries and online as well. This Domestic Relations

matter will be handled through Court Facilitated Case Management. The Judge and Family

Court Facilitator will be directly involved in managing the case as it moves through the

court system. The Judge and Family Court Facilitator will manage the case with the goals

of reducing acrimony and expense as well as achieving the earliest possible resolution.

MANDATORY INITIAL STATUS CONFERENCE

2. The filing party must schedule the Mandatory Initial Status Conference (“Initial Status

Conference”) at the time a party files any of the following with the Court: (a) the Petition

for Dissolution or Legal Separation; (b) Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities;

or (c) Domestic Relations Post Decree Motion (“PD Motion”). The Petitions in (a) and (b)

shall hereinafter be referred to collectively as “Petition”

3. Upon the filing of a Petition signed by both parties, the Petitioner is responsible for

providing a copy of this order and the Notice of Initial Status Conference to the Co-

Petitioner within fourteen (14) days of filing the Petition. If the Petition is signed by one

party, Petitioner shall serve the Respondent with a copy of: (a) this Order; (b) Notice of

Initial Status Conference; (c) Petition; (d) Duty to Confer Order; and (e) Summons.

4. Scheduling and Case Management for Petitions. Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 16.2(1)(e), the

Initial Status Conference shall take place as soon as practicable, but no later than forty-two

(42) days from the filing of the Petition. The Petitioner or Petitioner’s counsel shall provide

notice of the Initial Status Conference to all parties.

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5. Scheduling and Case Management for Post-Decree/Modification Matters. Upon the

filing of a PD Motion, the moving party shall serve the non-moving party with a copy of:

(a) this Order; (b) Notice of Initial Status Conference; (c) the PD Motion; and (d) Duty to

Confer Order. The scheduling of the Initial Status Conference for the PD Motion will be

set within 49 days. If it is a stipulated or agreed upon PD Motion, it shall go directly to the

Judge for consideration.

6. The only exceptions from the Initial Status Conference are:

• If both parties are represented by counsel, counsel may submit a Stipulated Case

Management Plan signed by counsel and the parties. Counsel shall exchange Mandatory

Disclosures and file a Certificate of Compliance pursuant to Rule 16.2(c)(1)(d). Counsel

must also set a Status Conference. The Court will review any such Stipulated Case

Management Plan as provided by Rule. It is the general policy of the Judicial District that

an Initial Status Conference with the Family Court Facilitator shall occur in all cases. The

Court retains discretion to require an Initial Status Conference regardless of the filing of a

Stipulated Case Management Plan.

• If parties do not have children of legal dependent age (18 years and younger) or have

reached all agreements, all required documentation must be filed without amended

documents needed before the Judge will consider waiving the Initial Status Conference.

The required documentation/forms are:

▪ JDF 1111 – Sworn Financial Statements (filed by each party);

▪ JDF 1104 – Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Financial

Disclosures;

▪ JDF 1115 – Separation Agreement;

▪ JDF 1201 – Affidavit of Decree Without Appearance of Parties; and

If all above documents are filed prior to the Initial Status Conference, parties may contact

the Family Court Facilitator to request a document review to be held on the same date as

the scheduled conference.

PROCEDURES FOR ALL CASES

7. Parties and their attorneys must attend the Initial Status Conference and shall be prepared

to determine a timeline of events leading to the completion of their case. If there are any

Temporary Orders issues, parties should be prepared to discuss these at Initial Status

Conference.

8. No motions, other than those outlined by Rule 16.2(c)(4)(A), shall be filed prior to the

Initial Status Conference. This includes non-emergency motions for temporary orders,

motions for attorney fees and motions related to discovery disputes. If there is an

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emergency matter it should be brought to the attention of the Family Court Facilitator or

CJA for presentation to the court in accordance with the provisions of Rule 16.2(c)(3).

9. Completed Sworn Financial Statements (JDF 1111); Supporting Schedules of Assets (JDF

1111ss) of needed; and Certificate of Compliance (JDF 1104) shall be filed no later than

forty-two (42) days after the service of the Petition. Draft copies of this Sworn Financial

Statement should be brought to this Initial Status Conference. The parties and counsel

should provide each other with full and complete disclosures (see C.R.C.P. 16.2(e)(7) for

guidance) and file the Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Financial Disclosures

(JDF 1104).

Forms are online at http://www.courts.state.co.us

or https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Index.cfm?District_ID=5

10. Discovery. No discovery shall be served until after the initial status conference. Pattern

discovery requests may be served in accordance with Rule 16.2(f)(3), but any other

formal discovery must be authorized by the court. See Rule 16.2(f)(4).

11. A Family Court Facilitator, who has communicated with the parties in a Domestic

Relations matter, cannot serve as a witness in any subsequent judicial proceeding.

E-FILING PROCEDURES (ONLY FOR CASES WITH PARTIES REPRESENTED BY

ATTORNEYS)

12. The Fifth Judicial District Court requires all parties represented by attorneys to serve their

pleadings using Electronic Case Filing (“E-Filing”). As per Fifth Judicial District Order

07-04 (“Order 07-04”), attorneys shall e-file all pleadings, motions, briefs, exhibits and

other documents using the state-authorized E-Filing System.

Attorneys should refer to Order 07-04 for complete details as to all applicable e-filing

requirements.

A. Verified Pleadings: All pleadings requiring verification of the signature of both parties

and/or counsel shall be e-filed with scanned signatures. The statement “original

signature on file” will not be acceptable.

B. Child Representative: A Child Representative is considered an attorney of record and

is subject to mandatory e-filing.

C. Mediators and Child & Family Investigators: Mediators and Child & Family

Investigators shall not electronically file their documents, even if they are licensed

attorneys, due to the sensitive nature of their reports. All such documents shall be filed

in paper format or via email. These reports will be sealed by the Court.

MANDATORY PARENTING THROUGH DIVORCE CLASS

FOR PARENTS AND PARTIES WITH CHILDREN

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13. Any party, who is subject to a Petition and has minor children (under the age of 19), must

complete a qualifying Parenting Through Separation/Divorce Class. A list of programs

that satisfy this requirement is attached to this order. The parties shall provide proof and

file with the Court a Certificate of Completion within forty-nine (49) days of: (a) filing

the Petition (Petitioner/Co-Petitioner); or (b) signing either the waiver of service or return

of service date (respondent).

14. Parties who cannot reach agreement on all aspects of their dispute shall mediate these

issues within sixty-three (63) days of the Initial Status Conference. The Court will not set

a trial/hearing for the remaining issues until a Certificate of Mediation/ADR Compliance

(JDF 1337) has been filed.

The Court may consider any failure to comply with this order in determining the issues of the

allocation of parental responsibilities, parenting and parenting time.

It is so ORDERED.

BY THE COURT:

_________________________

Dated: 1/12/2021

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

_____ Hand delivered to: _______________________________

_____ Delivered via attorney e-filing: _____________________

_____ E-filed to: _____________________________________

Dated: 1/12/2021

Dated: 1/04/2021

PARENTING CLASSES

Judicial District

Pre-Registration Required for All Classes

Classes in the 5

Virtual Classes

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Spanish Classes Offered

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Dispute Resolution Professionals

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Classes in other Colorado Districts

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Dispute Resolution Professionals

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New Beginnings: Co-Parenting

After Divorce (in person and online)

Castle Rock, CO

(303) 706-9424

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Online Only Programs*

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High Conflict/Level II Programs

Dispute Resolution Professionals

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