The affidavit decree: Colorado's no-courtroom lane, conditions attached

Agree on everything and Colorado offers final orders UPON AFFIDAVIT — no appearance required. The conditions gate it: the children door (no minor children and no pregnancy, OR both parties represented by counsel or a LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONAL — Colorado's own 2024 answer to the access gap, written into the statute — with a separation agreement covering the children), service per the rules, no genuine issue of material fact, and property resolved. The honest caveats: the affidavit “does not shorten any statutory waiting period,” and the court is never bound — it may order a hearing anyway. Civil unions dissolve under this same article's procedures.