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Mike Johnston
Colorado General Assembly | 200 E. Colfax Avenue | Denver, CO 80203 | 303.866.4864
Frank McGuane & Kathleen Hogan, 19 Colo. Pract. Series, Family Law and Practice 7:4, Distinction from Dissolution Proceeding, 2011. 2 Id. 3 Frank McGuane & Brenda Storey, 3 Colo. Prac., Methods of Practice 95.7 (5th ed.), Legal Separation, 2011. 4 See C.R.S. 14-10-120.3; Frank McGuane & Kathleen Hogan, 19 Colo. Prac., Family Law & Practice 7:7, Judgment of Legal Separation, 2011. 5 Id.
Colorado Context: In fiscal year 2011, 958 legal separation cases were filed in Colorado. This number constitutes about 3% of the total number of domestic relations cases filed.6 In the same year, 26,623 dissolution of marriage cases were filed, which made up about 74% of domestic relations cases.7 National Context: Colorado is among the majority of states that offer the option of legal separation.8 Only 7 states throughout the country do not have a similar provision.9 Bill Provisions: Amends current law to provide that parties wishing to attain a legal separation may file an affidavit to finalize the procedure, instead of requiring parties to physically appear at a court proceeding Fiscal Impact: Although this bill would probably cause a small workload reduction in the courts, it is not expected to result in any significant fiscal impact.10
Colorado Judicial Branch, Domestic Relations Case Filings by Type of Case FY 2011 4 (2012), available at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Administration/Custom.cfm?Unit=annrep&Page_ID=358. 7 Id. at 3. 8 Legal Match, Marital Separation Laws (last visited Feb. 24, 2012), http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/maritalseparation-laws.html. 9 See id. 10 Bill Zepernick, Fiscal Note: HB 12-1233 (Feb. 9, 2012), http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/996A58F6FEE53374872579890003B26F?Open&file=HB1233_00. pdf.