Family Cases
Family Cases

Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation

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These standard instructions are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice about your case. If you choose to represent yourself, you are bound by the same rules and procedures as an attorney.

Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation Forms

Colorado Judicial Branch has compiled all forms required for Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation.

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About Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation

How to Request Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation

A maternal or paternal grandparent of a child may seek a court order granting grandparent reasonable visitation rights when there is or has been judicial intervention into the marriage of the child’s parents, a judicial placement of the child(ren) outside their family, or the death of the grandparent’s child.

Use the process outlined on Request Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation to ask for visitation, as per C.R.S. §19-1-117 (Colorado Revised Statutes).

To ask for decision-making authority or to be a part of the parenting time schedule, visit Get Custody and/or Child Support without a Marriage or Civil Union to see if you qualify, then use JDF 1703 Petition for Custody (Grandparents).

How to Respond to a Request for Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation

If you receive papers asking for grandparent or great-grandparent visitation, follow the instructions on Respond to a Request for Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation to respond.

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