Douglas County District Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCourt notice

If you do not believe that you owe this debt, file an answer/response on or before your Summons date. You have until the end of business (4:30 PM) to file your answer/response with the Court.

If you do not believe that you owe this debt, file an answer/response on or before your Summons date. You have until the end of business (4:30 PM) to file your answer/response with the Court.

CRITICALCourt notice

The Answer must be filed by the end of business at 4:30 PM.

You have until the end of business (4:30 PM) to file your answer with the Court.

WARNING

Allow the Court up to an additional 30 days to mail the Decree or an Order identifying anything missing.

Please allow up to an additional 30 days for the Court to either mail you the Decree and/or an Order indicating what else is missing.

WARNING

The Clerk of Court window accepts filings between 7:30 and 4:30 Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Bring your papers into the Court and file them at the Clerk of Court window between 7:30-4:30 Monday thru Friday. *Excluding holidays. Holiday schedule can be found here: https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/holidays

WARNING

The Court cannot review a divorce case to check whether filings are complete before 91 days after filing.

91 days is the earliest that the Court can review your case to ensure everything has been filed correctly.

CRITICALCourt notice

A mailed Answer must arrive at the court before the Summons date.

The Answer must arrive at the court before your Summons date.

CRITICALCourt notice

The Summons date and time are a deadline, not a court date.

The date and time listed on your Summons is a deadline, it is not a court date. You can take action before the deadline.

CRITICALCourt notice

A written motion challenging service must be filed before the scheduled trial day.

If you think you were not properly served: if you wish to go trial to challenge the eviction because you think you were improperly served, you must write that in your Answer or file a written motion with the Court before the day of your scheduled trial asking the Court to decide if service was correctly made.

CRITICALCourt notice

An Answer must be filed on or before the Summons date if you dispute the eviction.

If you do not believe that you should be evicted, file an answer on or before your Summons date.

CRITICALCourt notice

File any written motion asking the Court to decide whether service was proper before the scheduled trial date.

If you think you were not properly served: if you wish to go to trial to challenge the judgment because you think you were improperly served, you must write that in your Answer/response or file a written motion with the Court before the day of your scheduled trial asking the Court to decide if service was correctly made.

CRITICALCourt notice

The Answer must arrive at the court before the Summons date.

The Answer must arrive at the court before your Summons date.

CRITICAL

A person affected by a clerk’s order or action may seek a hearing before the judge by filing a motion within 14 days.

“[a]ny person in interest affected by an order entered or action taken under the authority of this rule may have the matter heard by the judge by filing a motion for such hearing within 14 days after the entering of the order or the taking of the action.”