Grandparent's Rights in the State of Colorado

There are two types of cases involving grandparents rights:

1. In order to file for grandparent’s visitation, there needs must be an existing Court action open, or the grandparent’s child (the child’s parent) needs to be deceased.

2. In order to file for the allocation of parental responsibilities, the child must have been in the grandparent’s physical custody for at least 6 months.

3. Another option for grandparents entails filing for guardianship, which would require that the grandparent petition the court.

Generally, speaking there are due process presumptions that a parent has the right to care for and control their child. To rebut this, clear and convincing evidence must be submitted to the court that shows that the grandparent request for visitation or parental responsibilities is in the child's best interest.

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