| A. Judges |
C.R.S. § 13-8-105 |
Juvenile court
judges must be qualified. They must be qualified
electors in their districts. They must also have been
licensed to practice law in
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C.R.S. § 13-8-107 ( |
Each district court judge has a six-year term. |
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Between six to three
months before the general election prior to this term expiration, a
judge must file a declaration of intent to run for another term. The
ballot asks whether this judge should be retained—yes or no. If
the majority votes “no,” the position becomes vacant.
Judges are evaluated by local judicial performance review commissions. Those commissions solicit feedback from attorneys and the public before issuing an evaluation. That evaluation may recommend that voters retain the judge or that voters do not retain the judge. |
C.R.S. § 13-8-108 ( |
Vacancies are filled
by appointment. The judicial district prepares a list
of two or three nominees within 30 days of the vacancy. Nominees
must be under age 72. If the governor does not make
an appointment within 15 days of receiving the list, the chief justice
of the Supreme Court makes it within the next 15 days. The
appointed judge has a two-year term and then must be elected at the
next general election following the completion of the provisional term.
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| Temporary judges may also be assigned to juvenile court. The Colorado Supreme Court may temporarily assign a retired judge or reassign a current judge to another court if it is necessary to the prompt disposition of judicial business. Juvenile court judges may also be temporarily reassigned. |
| In the Interest of S.G., 91 P.3d 443 ( |
The fact that a
judge had previously presided over the earlier criminal case of the
father did not disqualify the judge from presiding over the termination
trial.
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Each district has at
least one judge assigned to juvenile court.
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| C.R.S. § 13-8-104 | The juvenile
district court of |
| C.R.S. § 13-5-131 and 132 C.R.S. § 13-8-113 |
Each judge sits
separately and exercises the same powers as if the sole judge of the
court. A judge may vacate judgments, orders, and decrees of a
magistrate.
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