Licensed Legal Paraprofessional (LLP)

Licensed Legal Paraprofessional (LLP)

At CLW, we offer Licensed Legal Professional (LLP) services—a cost-effective option for handling certain family law matters that fall within the scope of an LLP’s practice. Please see C.R.C.P. 207.1 for more information.

Professional Legal Support, Simplified.

Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals are authorized by the Colorado Supreme Court to provide specific legal services in family law matters, including:

  • Legal separation, invalidity of marriage, and dissolution of marriage or civil union, whether pre-decree or post-decree
  • Initial allocation or modification of parental responsibilities (APR), including parentage determinations
  • Child support establishment and modifications
  • Maintenance (alimony) establishment and modifications
  • Protection orders
  • Name changes and adult gender designation changes
  • Motions for remedial contempt citations under C.R.C.P. 107

How Our LLPs Can Help You

Our LLPs may represent your interests by:

  • Establishing a contractual relationship with the client
  • Interviewing the client to understand the client’s objectives and obtaining information relevant to achieving that objective
  • Informing, counseling, advising, and assisting the client in determining which form or template to use as the basis for a document in a matter, and advising the client on how to complete a form or provide information for a document
  • Preparing and completing documents, 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
  • Obtaining, explaining, and filing any document or necessary information in support of a form or other document, including sworn financial statements and certificates of compliance
  • Signing, filing, and completing service of documents
  • Reviewing documents of another party or documents and forms prepared by a pension or retirement plan which allocate pension or retirement benefits pursuant to a decree of dissolution, and explaining them to the client;
  • Informing, counseling, assisting and advocating for a client in negotiations with another party or that party’s representative and in mediations
  • Preparation of and completing filing and service of a written settlement agreement in conformity with the negotiated agreement
  • Communicating with another party or the party’s representative regarding documents prepared for or filed in a case and matters reasonably related thereto
  • Communicating with the client regarding the matter and related issues, including retaining experts and fully preparing the client for a testimonial hearing or deposition
  • Explaining a court order that affects the client’s rights and obligations
  • Standing or sitting at counsel table with the client during a court proceeding, communicating with the client during the proceeding, making statements, making offers of proof, examining any witness, making arguments and objections in court, answering questions posed by the court, addressing the court, taking notes, and assisting the client in understanding the proceeding and relevant orders
  • Providing clients with information about additional resources or requirements, such as parenting education classes, and filing certificates of completion with the court
  • Advising clients regarding the need for a lawyer to review complex issues that may arise in a matter, consistent with the LLP’s duty set forth in Colo. LLP RPC 1.1.
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Here for you.

Making legal support more accessible while maintaining the highest standards of service.

Even in cases of a simple or uncontested divorce or family law matter, having the right legal support can make the process smoother and less stressful. In Colorado, hiring a LLP to assist you offers a range of benefits that can ensure a fair and efficient resolution.

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Even if an LLP is authorized to represent a client, an LLP is not authorized to represent a client in any of the following:

  • The registration of foreign orders;

  • Motions for or orders regarding punitive contempt citations under C.R.C.P. 107;

  • 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;

  • Disputed parentage where there are more than two parents or alleged parents asserting or denying legal parentage;

  • A non-parent’s request for decision-making authority or parenting time is contested by at least one parent and the court has determined that the Indian Child Welfare Act applies to the proceeding, except as otherwise provided by law;

  • Preparation of or litigation regarding pre- or post-nuptial agreements;

  • A dispute about the value of or income associated with a trust in which a party is a beneficiary;

  • A dispute about a jurisdictional issue;

  • The preparation by the LLP of documents, other than an agreement addressing underlying property division, needed to effectuate the sale or distribution of assets of a business entity or commercial property;

  • Issues collateral to, but directly affecting, a matter which falls within the LLP’s scope of practice when such issues require analysis and advice outside that scope of practice, such as immigration, criminal, and bankruptcy issues or the preparation of a qualified domestic relations order (“QDRO”) or other similar document implementing the division of retirement assets that could directly affect the resolution of the matter.

The team at Cage Lewis Weiman provides comprehensive support through both our LLPs and attorneys. We’ll help determine the most appropriate and cost-effective approach for your specific situation.

Reach Out.

Address

501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 920,
Glendale, CO 80246

Email

info@clwlawfirm.com

Phone

+1 (303) 219 7695