Colorado Revised Statutes Title 19. Children's Code § 19-2.5-602. General procedure for juvenile hearings

(1) The Colorado rules of juvenile procedure apply in all proceedings conducted pursuant to this article 2.5.

(2) Hearings must be held before the court without a jury, except as set forth in sections 19-2.5-610 and 19-2.5-503(3), and may be conducted in an informal manner.

(3) A verbatim record must be taken of all proceedings, including any hearing conducted by a magistrate.

(4) When more than one juvenile is named in a petition or individual petitions are filed against more than one juvenile alleging delinquent acts arising from the same delinquent episode, any proceedings, including trials, may be consolidated.

(5) Juvenile cases must be heard separately from adult cases, and the juvenile or the juvenile's parents, guardian, or other custodian may be heard separately when deemed necessary by the court.

(6) The juvenile's parent, guardian, or legal custodian is required to attend all proceedings, including all hearings, concerning the juvenile. Failure, without good cause, to attend a proceeding concerning the juvenile may subject the parent, guardian, or legal custodian to contempt sanctions; except that, if the juvenile's legal custodian is a county department of human or social services or the state department of human services, the legal custodian need not attend any proceeding at which the juvenile's guardian ad litem is present.