CO Bar Family Law 5

Question 1

Under Colorado law, a civil protection order for domestic abuse may be issued:

Accepted Answer

Ex parte, without advance notice to the respondent

Answer

Colorado courts may issue an emergency protection order ex parte — without notice to the restrained party — when the petitioner demonstrates imminent danger.

Question 2

Under Colorado law, which of the following renders a marriage VOID (as opposed to merely voidable)?

Accepted Answer

One spouse was already lawfully married to another person at the time

Answer

A bigamous marriage is void ab initio under Colorado law; in contrast, intoxication, mental incapacity, and duress render a marriage voidable — not automatically void.

Question 3

When a Colorado court finds that a parent has committed acts of domestic violence, what is the statutory effect on parenting-time allocation?

Accepted Answer

There is a rebuttable presumption that granting that parent parenting time is not in the child's best interests

Answer

C.R.S. 14-10-124(4)(a) creates a rebuttable presumption against awarding parenting time to a parent found to have committed domestic violence.

Question 4

A spouse seeking an annulment (declaration of invalidity) in Colorado on the ground of fraud must show that the fraud:

Accepted Answer

Went to the very essentials of the marital relationship

Answer

Colorado courts require that fraud for an annulment go to the essence of the marital relationship — such as a secret intent never to have children — not merely to peripheral facts.

Question 5

In Colorado, a decree of legal separation differs from a decree of dissolution of marriage primarily in that:

Accepted Answer

The parties remain legally married and may not remarry following a legal separation decree

Answer

A Colorado legal separation decree resolves property and parenting matters but leaves the marriage legally intact — neither party is free to remarry.

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CO Bar Family Law 5