(1) The county court has no civil jurisdiction except that specifically conferred upon it by law. In particular, it has no jurisdiction over the following matters:
Matters of probate;
Matters of mental health, including certification, restoration to competence, and theappointment of conservators;
Matters of dissolution of marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage, and legalseparation;
Matters affecting children, including the allocation of parental responsibilities, support, guardianship, adoption, dependency, or delinquency;
Matters affecting boundaries or title to real property;
Original proceedings for the issuance of injunctions, except:
As provided in sections 13-6-104 (5) and 38-12-507 (1)(b);
As required to enforce restrictive covenants on residential property and to enforcesection 6-1-702.5; and
As otherwise specifically authorized in this article 6 or, if there is no authorization,by rule of the Colorado supreme court.
Any powers or duties previously placed in the county court by law in connectionwith any of the matters excluded from the jurisdiction of the county court by this section are transferred to the district court or, if within their jurisdiction, to the probate court of the city and county of Denver or the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver, and the statutes relating thereto shall be so construed.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the appointment of county judgesas magistrates in juvenile matters or as magistrates in mental health and other matters. Appointments of county judges as magistrates in mental health and other matters are authorized, and, when so appointed by the district judge, the county judge shall serve as a district court officer for the designated purposes.
Source: L. 64: p. 410, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-13-5. L. 78: (1)(f) amended, p. 353, § 2, effective April 21. L. 79: (1)(f) amended, p. 599, § 14, effective July 1; (3) amended, p. 963, § 12, effective July 1. L. 88: (1)(f) amended, p. 601, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: (3) amended, p. 356, § 8, effective April 9. L. 98: (1)(d) amended, p. 1392, § 24, effective February 1, 1999. L. 2000: (1)(f) amended, p. 2034, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2008: (1)(f) amended, p. 596, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2019: IP(1) and (1)(f) amended, (HB 19-1170), ch. 229, p. 2305, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: (1)(b) amended, (SB 20-136), ch. 70, p. 282, § 3, effective September 14.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 20-136, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.