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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…

A former stepparent with minimal parenting time does not owe a duty of child support, per the Colorado Court of Appeals. Back in 2019, the court of appeals issued a ground-breaking decision, A.C.H., which held that a psychological parent who sought court-ordered parenting time also had a duty to pay…

Parents owe their children a duty of support – this has long been recognized in Colorado’s child support statute (), and in every family law case imaginable. But can psychological parents, or other third party nonparents owe child support? Three years ago, in a groundbreaking decision, the Colorado Court of…

Colorado has a statute allowing a third party nonparent to seek visitation (i.e. “parenting time”) with a child under certain circumstances in an Allocation of Parental Responsibilities (APR) action. Typically, the nonparent will be someone who has cared for the child for at least 182 days, but a lesser-used provision…

Modern families do not necessarily match the nuclear family stereotype, and it’s a safe bet that June & Ward Cleaver (from “Leave it to Beaver”) would have never heard the term “Psychological Parent.” But when it comes to children, the saying “It takes a Village” often applies, even for child…

Grandparent Rights & Safety of Child Grandparent rights matter, especially when a child’s safety is at stake. A Grandmother retained Graham.Law’s Tahli Delgado out of concern for her grandson’s safety with his mother. Unfortunately, the child’s mother had a history of alcohol abuse, which routinely placed the child in dangerous…

In a groundbreaking new decision, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled for the first time that a non-parent can be ordered to pay child support to the child’s biological parent. A.C.H. In short, the court held that a person who seeks court-ordered parental rights should also be required to pay…