Larimer County District Court Filing Rules

The form must be completed in the filer’s name.

If filing alone without a Co-Petitioner, you must serve the paperwork on the Respondent.

At least one party must meet the 91-day Colorado residency requirement before filing the petition.

After the moving party files a Notice to Set, the division clerk will contact the parties to clear a setting date.

If the credit card can be used to make a payment online, it should be accepted at the clerk's office counter.

If more space is needed, continue the information on a separate piece of paper.

Self-represented parties may file paper documents, which court staff will scan and upload to the E-Filing system.

A Judge or Magistrate may issue a written or verbal order setting a document’s security level, and that order supersedes the default policy.

Counsel are expected to confer before filing a Colo. R. Civ. P. 12(b) motion to determine whether amendment can cure the defect and should make best efforts to stipulate to amendments, except when the nonmovant is pro se.

An extension of a completion deadline cannot extend beyond the court-ordered probation period.

Documents relating to one pleading or paper should be filed as separate electronic documents in a single transaction.

For summary-judgment motion practice, fact-addressing sections and specified case-document components are excluded from the page limit.

AN EXTRA COPY OF THE LIST SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE COURT.