Denver, CO asked in Divorce and Family Law for Colorado

Q: In the state of Colorado can you hold someone in contempt by a legal separation or only divorce?

My supposed to be ex-husband filed legal separation instead of divorce. He is now in contempt per separation papers from July of 2021 to remove me off the loan w/ refinance.

The whole process has been a year and a half. Now that I've done some looking into it because he has stopped helping at all it took me 5 days to get the information I needed. The bill of sale and POA are not the documents I signed and notarized. What now?

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Steven  Visser
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Steven Visser
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  • Colorado Springs, CO
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A: Having someone held in contempt of court would be for violating court orders. Whether it is a legal separation or a divorce does not matter. The key question in this situation is how long did he have to remove you from the title of the truck per the court order. If he has failed to do so by the deadline, then you may consider filing contempt.

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