What the Court Clerk Can and Cannot Assist You With

We will help you if we can, and we will treat everyone equally. However, we are allowed by law to help you only in certain ways.

We Can answer general questions about how the court works.

We Cannot explain Judicial decisions or let you speak to the Judge outside of the courtroom.

We Can provide you with contact information for legal services programs.

We Cannot refer you to specific lawyers, contact programs or lawyers for you, or give answers that involve legal advise.

We Can give you general information about court rules, terminology, procedures, and practices.

We Cannot advise you as to how the court rules and procedures will be applied to your case.

We Can provide court schedules and information on how to get a case scheduled.

We Cannot advise you whether you should bring your case to court or give you an opinion about what will happen if you bring your case to court.

We Can provide you with certain information from your case file.

We Cannot provide you with information that has been restricted by court order or law.

We Can provide to you or refer you to court forms and instructions.

We Cannot tell you how you should complete the forms or complete the forms for you.

We Can review your forms by checking for signatures, notarization, correct county name, and case number.

We Cannot correct forms for you or tell you what corrections should be made.

We Can answer general questions about Court deadlines.

We Cannot tell you what to say in court.

We Can tell you whether or not an order has been issued and what the order is.

We Cannot talk to the Judge for you or change an order from a Judge.

We want to respond with current and accurate information, but will not always have the answer to all questions about court rules, terminology, procedures and practices. When not certain of the answer, court staff has been instructed to suggest that you contact an attorney or you may check the Colorado Judicial Branch's Self-Help Center at www.courts.state.co.us.