Graham.Law Blog

In a recent unpublished decision, the Colorado Court of Appeals held that a trial court cannot summarily deny grandparent intervention in a child custody case to seek grandparent family time without explanation. Trial Court – Father Has Sole Decision-Making In Brown, the parties agreed at dissolution that the father had…

On May 23, 2023, Governor Polis signed House Bill 23-1206, Concerning Family Time for Grandparents, which is the first update to grandparents rights in Colorado in almost a decade. The bill takes effect on August 7, 2023 (i.e. on the 91st day after the May 8 adjournment of the Colorado…

In the seminal 2006 C.A. case, the Colorado Supreme Court promulgated the standard for grandparent visitation rights in Colorado, harmonizing the grandparent rights statute with the “special weight” required by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Troxel, which requires “a presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of…