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In Denver or Boulder counties, mediation may be required, but not always. Other counties, such as Jefferson or Adams, do not normally require the parties to mediate. A mediation requirement is not necessarily a bad thing or something parties should be concerned with.

All the parties need to do to arrange for a mediation is give us a request to mediate form or send us a letter or call us and let us know that the parties want to set up a mediation (please contact the Denver Office).

Colorado statute does not require parties in a divorce case to attend mediation. However, many of the counties throughout the Denver metropolitan area do. For example, in a divorce in Douglas County or Arapahoe County, mediation will be required at least once, and sometimes twice.

In Colorado divorce mediation, the parties discuss what they would like to see happen during their divorce with a neutral third party helping them achieve their desired outcomes. Mediators are often psychologists and attorneys not working ?for? either side.

As long as at least 91 days have passed since you filed a joint divorce petition (or since the divorce papers were served on the spouse who didn't file a regular petition), the judge will then sign the final "decree of dissolution of marriage." (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-10-106 (2022).)

Parties may be required to attend mediation, but are not required to reach agreement. If full agreement is not reached, the remaining issues will be decided by the court. Is this agreement binding? An agreement signed by both parties is usually enforceable as a contract.