JDF 1102 R5-18 SUMMONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE OR LEGAL SEPARATION Page 1 of 2
District Court ____________________________ County, Colorado
Court Address:
In re the Marriage of:
Petitioner:
and
Respondent:
COURT USE ONLY
Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address):
Phone Number: E-mail:
FAX Number: Atty. Reg. #:
Case Number:
Division Courtroom
SUMMONS FOR: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE OR LEGAL SEPARATION
To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.
If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after
this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with
the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at
www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.
After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status,
distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities
(decision-making and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court
has jurisdiction.
If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters
which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.
This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached
Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.
Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation
by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or
upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect
against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court.
Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification
or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S.
A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental
responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment
of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the
genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.
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Automatic Temporary Injunction By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are:
1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of
the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for
the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary
expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in
effect;
2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;
3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the
other party or an Order of the Court; and
4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an
Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of
premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that
provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names
either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.
 By checking this box, I am acknowledging I am filling in the blanks and not changing anything else on the
form.
By checking this box, I am acknowledging that I have made a change to the original content of this form.
Date: _______________________________ ______________________________________
Signature of the Clerk of Court/Deputy
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Signature of the Attorney for the Petitioner (if any)