Rule 6 - MULTIPLE FILINGS(a)Related-Case Doctrine. The clerk of the court shall provide a form on which the attorney or pro se party filing a district civil ("CV"), domestic relations ("DR"), or juvenile ("JV") case shall indicate whether the case in which a complaint (or answer thereto) or petition (or response thereto) being filed is related to any other district civil ("CV") or domestic relations ("DR") case pending before the court or terminated within the previous 12 months. A case is "related" if it involves one or more of the same parties and common questions of law or facts. If a "related" case is indicated, the case shall be referred to the judge with the earliest filed case. The judge shall determine in his or her discretion if the case(s) should be considered related. If so, that judge shall be assigned by the Chief Judge to handle all such related cases. If deemed not related, the case shall be returned to the clerk of the court for random assignment under Local Rule 5. (b)Multiple Filings in Condemnation Cases. In multiple condemnation cases assigned to different divisions but involving a common project, the hearing for immediate possession in all such cases shall be held in the division with the lowest docket number.(c) Cases involving Allocation of Parental Responsibilities, Child Custody, and Guardianship. In all cases seeking a determination of legal custody or physical custody of a child, whether denominated as legal custody, physical custody, allocation of parental responsibilities, guardianship, or otherwise, and in all cases seeking a determination of parenting time, visitation, or grandparent visitation under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Colorado Children's Code, the Colorado Probate Code, or as an administrative child support action, the parties shall comply with the requirements of Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act regarding information to be submitted to the court as set forth in C.R.S. § 14-13-209, and the clerk of the court is to ensure such compliance before accepting a filing seeking such a determination.Local. R. Jud. Dist. Colo. 6
Adopted en banc 9/2/2003; Approved by the Colorado Supreme Court Pursuant to C.R.C.P. § 121(b), 11/18/2004, effective 1/1/2005.