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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-6-105. Specific limits on civil jurisdiction

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) The county court has no civil jurisdiction except that specifically conferred upon it by law. In particular, it has no jurisdiction over the following matters:

(a) Matters of probate;

(b) Matters of mental health, including certification, restoration to competence, and the appointment of conservators;

(c) Matters of dissolution of marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage, and legal separation;

(d) Matters affecting children, including the allocation of parental responsibilities, support, guardianship, adoption, dependency, or delinquency;

(e) Matters affecting boundaries or title to real property;

(f) Original proceedings for the issuance of injunctions, except:

(I) As provided in sections 13-6-104(5), 38-12-507, and 38-12-510;

(II) As required to enforce restrictive covenants on residential property and to enforce section 6-1-702.5; and

(III) As otherwise specifically authorized in this article 6 or, if there is no authorization, by rule of the Colorado supreme court.

(2) Any powers or duties previously placed in the county court by law in connection with any of the matters excluded from the jurisdiction of the county court by this section are transferred to the district court or, if within their jurisdiction, to the probate court of the city and county of Denver or the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver, and the statutes relating thereto shall be so construed.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the appointment of county judges as magistrates in juvenile matters or as magistrates in mental health and other matters. Appointments of county judges as magistrates in mental health and other matters are authorized, and, when so appointed by the district judge, the county judge shall serve as a district court officer for the designated purposes.

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