Rule Change 2023(15)
Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Colorado
November 16, 2023
Rule 207.1. Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals’ Scope of Authority to Practice
(1) [NO CHANGE]
(2) An LLP’s scope of licensure is limited as follows:
(a) [NO CHANGE]
(b) An LLP may represent a client to perform tasks and services identified under section (2)(g) of this rule in an initial allocation or a modification of an allocation of parental responsibility (“APR”) matter, including parentage determinations.
(c) An LLP may represent a client to perform tasks and services identified under section (2)(g) of this rule in a matter involving establishment or modification of child support and/or maintenance.
(d)–(e) [NO CHANGE]
(f) Even if an LLP is authorized to represent a client pursuant to sections (2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(c),
(2)(d) and (2)(e), an LLP is not authorized to represent a client in any of the following:
(i)–(ii) [NO CHANGE]
(iii) matters involving an allegation of common law marriage matters involving an allegation of common law marriage in which either party disputes the existence of a common law marriage or the date when the common law marriage formed;
(iv) matters involving disputed parentage where there are more than two parents or alleged parents asserting or denying legal parentage;
(v)–(vii) [NO CHANGE]
(viii) matters in which a party intends to contest jurisdiction of the court over any issue in the matter;
(ix)–(xii) [NO CHANGE]
(g) Within the types of matters and authorizations to practice law identified in section (2)(a),
(2)(b), (2)(c), (2)(d) and (2)(e) of this rule, an LLP who is in good standing may represent the interests of a client by:
(i)–(iii) [NO CHANGE]
(iv) preparing and completing documents using forms approved by the Judicial Department or the Supreme Court, including proposed parenting plans, separation agreements, motions or stipulations for establishing or modifying child support, child support worksheets, proposed orders, nonappearance affidavits, discovery requests and answers to discovery requests, trial management certificates, pretrial submissions, and exhibit and witness lists;
(v)–(xii) [NO CHANGE]
(xiii) standing or sitting at counsel table with the client during a court proceeding to provide emotional support, communicating with the client during the proceeding, making statements and arguments in court other than examining a witness, answering questions posed by the court, addressing the court upon the court’s request, taking notes, and assisting the client in understanding the proceeding and relevant orders;
(xiv)–(xv) [NO CHANGE]
(h)–(i) [NO CHANGE]
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, November 16, 2023, effective immediately.
By the Court:
Monica M. Márquez
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court