Enforcing Parenting Time | Denver Child Custody

Enforcing parenting time in the state of Colorado is done through filing a motion to enforce parenting time in the proper court. A lot of times we’ll have people come to us though that have not had a parenting plan in place at all and have never been to court. So from that standpoint, the first way that you enforce parenting time or your rights is by filing the proper case, which would be an allocation of parental responsibilities or perhaps a divorce case to get that issue started.

However, if you’ve already had a parenting plan and a court order that dictates what your parenting time is, the proper way to file or to enforce your parenting time is to file a motion with the court saying that the parent has not been complying. Perhaps they didn’t give you your Christmas break or you were supposed to have parenting time for an entire weekend and they just refused to give you parenting time. In certain cases, and it’s unfortunate, child support is not being paid so that other parent sees that as a reason to take parenting time away. It’s not a reason. So at the end of the day, for those reasons and many more, we go into court and file a motion to enforce parenting time.

By: Scott Goldman