--- name: co-deadlines description: > This skill should be used when the user asks about timing or deadlines in a Colorado civil case. Triggers include "when is my answer due in Colorado", "C.R.C.P. 6 time computation", "deadline in Colorado court", "Colorado court holidays", "C.R.S. § 24-11-101 holidays", "Colorado statute of limitations", "what's the SOL on a contract in Colorado", "court-day vs calendar-day Colorado", "discovery response deadline Colorado", "motion-response deadline Colorado". Computes calendar-day and court-day deadlines under C.R.C.P. 6(a), excludes Colorado state legal holidays under C.R.S. § 24-11-101, applies the Saturday/Sunday/holiday roll-forward rule under C.R.C.P. 6(a)(1)(C), and maps named rules (answer-due, discovery-response, motion-reply, SJ-motion, appeal, garnishment cycle, family-law 91-day waiting period) to days plus authority. version: 0.1.0 --- # Colorado Case Deadlines > **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** This skill computes deadlines. Always > independently verify in the cited rule or statute and confirm with > the assigned judge's practice standards before treating any > computed date as final. Use this skill to compute deadlines under C.R.C.P. 6(a) (time computation), the Colorado legal-holiday list (C.R.S. § 24-11-101), and the various named rules across the C.R.C.P., C.R.S., and applicable federal law. ## C.R.C.P. 6(a) — time computation C.R.C.P. 6(a) governs how to count time intervals stated in Colorado statutes and rules: 1. **Exclude** the day of the triggering event (the event that starts the period running, e.g., service date) 2. **Include** every intermediate calendar day (no court-day skip for periods of 7+ days as of the 2012 rewrite) 3. **Include** the last day, **unless** it falls on a **Saturday, Sunday, or Colorado legal holiday** — in which case the period extends to the **next** day that is not one of those (C.R.C.P. 6(a)(1)(C)) For periods of fewer than 7 days that pre-date the 2012 rewrite, older case law applied court-day counting; modern C.R.C.P. 6 uses calendar-day counting throughout, with the roll-forward rule at the end. Some statutes outside the C.R.C.P. retain court-day counting explicitly (e.g., certain post-judgment garnishment intervals); read the controlling rule. ## Colorado legal holidays — C.R.S. § 24-11-101 The following are Colorado state legal holidays: | Holiday | Date | |---------|------| | New Year's Day | January 1 | | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | 3rd Monday in January | | Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday) | 3rd Monday in February | | Memorial Day | Last Monday in May | | Juneteenth | June 19 (added 2022 by SB22-228) | | Independence Day | July 4 | | Labor Day | 1st Monday in September | | Frances Xavier Cabrini Day | 1st Monday in October (replaced Columbus Day per H.B. 20-1031, effective 2020) | | Veterans Day | November 11 | | Thanksgiving Day | 4th Thursday in November | | Christmas Day | December 25 | **Saturday holiday observance**: shifts to the preceding Friday (C.R.S. § 24-11-101(2)). **Sunday holiday observance**: shifts to the following Monday. > ⚠ **Note**: Colorado does **NOT** observe the day after > Thanksgiving as a state legal holiday (contrast Washington, which > does, under RCW 1.16.050). Some judicial districts close > administratively on the day after Thanksgiving but the C.R.S. > § 24-11-101 list controls C.R.C.P. 6(a) arithmetic. > ⚠ **Cesar Chavez Day** (March 31) is recognized in Colorado as a > day of observance but is **not** a state legal holiday — it does > not affect deadline counting. ## Named rules — quick reference Use `scripts/case-calendar.py --rules` to print the full list. Most commonly invoked: | Rule key | Days | Mode | Authority | |---|---|---|---| | `answer-due` | +21 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 12(a)(1) | | `answer-due-out-of-state` | +35 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 12(a)(2) | | `response-to-amended` | +14 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 15(a) | | `discovery-response` | +30 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 33/34/36 | | `rfa-deemed-admitted` | +35 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 36(a) + 6(e) | | `case-management-conference` | +49 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 16(b) | | `rule-26-disclosures` | +28 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 26(a)(1) | | `121-response` | +21 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 121 § 1-15(1)(b) | | `121-reply` | +7 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 121 § 1-15(1)(d) | | `summary-judgment-motion` | -91 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 56(c) | | `motion-reconsideration` | +14 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 59(a) | | `rule-60-b-1-3` | +182 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 60(b) outer | | `notice-of-appeal` | +49 | calendar | C.A.R. 4(a) | | `garnishment-answer` | +7 | calendar | C.R.S. § 13-54.5-106(2) | | `exemption-claim` | +14 | calendar | C.R.S. § 13-54.5-108 | | `udma-waiting-period` | +91 | calendar | C.R.S. § 14-10-106(1)(a)(III) | | `udma-residency` | +91 | calendar | C.R.S. § 14-10-106(1)(a)(I) | | `16-2-sfs` | +42 | calendar | C.R.C.P. 16.2(e)(2) | | `fdcpa-validation` | +30 | calendar | 15 U.S.C. § 1692g(a)(3) | | `fdcpa-sol` | +365 | calendar | 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(d) | | `sol-contract` | +2191 (~6y) | calendar | C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a) | | `sol-tort` | +730 (~2y) | calendar | C.R.S. § 13-80-102 | | `sol-ccpa` | +1096 (~3y) | calendar | C.R.S. § 6-1-115 | | `sol-cfdcpa` | +365 | calendar | C.R.S. § 5-16-113(4) | ## Statute of limitations — primary Colorado claims Colorado SOL provisions are scattered across Title 13. The key buckets: | Claim type | SOL | Authority | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | Liquidated debt / written instrument | **6 years** | C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a) | Most consumer-credit-card claims; the "discovery rule" can apply | | Promissory note | **6 years** | C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a) | | | Open account (oral / implied) | 6 years | C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a) | Some debt-buyer cases argue 3 years under § 13-80-101; the post-2003 amendment moved most accounts to 6 | | General tort | 2 years | C.R.S. § 13-80-102 | Includes negligence, fraud (start at discovery) | | Personal-injury motor vehicle | 3 years | C.R.S. § 13-80-101(1)(n) | | | Libel / slander | 1 year | C.R.S. § 13-80-103(1)(a) | | | CCPA | 3 years from accrual | C.R.S. § 6-1-115 | | | CFDCPA | 1 year from violation | C.R.S. § 5-16-113(4) | | | FDCPA | 1 year from violation | 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(d) | Federal — applies in Colorado courts as well | | Adverse possession | 18 years | C.R.S. § 38-41-101 | Colorado real-property quirk | | Eviction (FED) | 2 years on the debt; no SOL on possession | C.R.S. § 38-12 / § 13-40 | | | Foreign judgments | 6 years | C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(b) | | | Wrongful death | 2 years | C.R.S. § 13-80-102(1)(d) | | ## Tolling and revival - **Tolling for minority / disability**: C.R.S. § 13-81-103 tolls SOL during a minor's minority or during certain disabilities - **Tolling for fraudulent concealment**: discovery rule applies in fraud claims (start counting at discovery, not accrual) - **Partial payment / written acknowledgment**: a written acknowledgment of a debt or a partial payment restarts the SOL clock under C.R.S. § 13-80-113 — important in debt-buyer cases where the creditor may rely on a recent "promise to pay" to revive a stale claim. *Hassler v. Account Brokers of Larimer Cnty., Inc.*, 2012 CO 24, addresses this; verify still good law. ## Examples ### "When is my answer due if I was served personally in Denver on Friday, March 14, 2025?" ``` $ python3 scripts/case-calendar.py --from 2025-03-14 --rule answer-due Answer due (Colorado resident, in-state service) Deadline: Friday, April 04, 2025 From: Friday, March 14, 2025 21 calendar days after Authority: C.R.C.P. 12(a)(1) ``` ### "What is the response deadline for a motion served Monday, April 7, 2025?" ``` $ python3 scripts/case-calendar.py --from 2025-04-07 --rule 121-response Response to motion under C.R.C.P. 121 § 1-15(1)(b) Deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025 From: Monday, April 07, 2025 21 calendar days after Authority: C.R.C.P. 121 § 1-15(1)(b) ``` ### "If I file for divorce on Monday, July 14, 2025, when is the earliest a decree can enter?" ``` $ python3 scripts/case-calendar.py --from 2025-07-14 --rule udma-waiting-period UDMA mandatory 91-day waiting period before decree Deadline: Monday, October 13, 2025 From: Monday, July 14, 2025 91 calendar days after Authority: C.R.S. § 14-10-106(1)(a)(III) ``` ## How `co-deadlines` composes with the scripts The skill body above is the reference. The actual arithmetic lives in `scripts/case-calendar.py`, which: - Encodes the C.R.S. § 24-11-101 holidays - Implements `co_holidays(year)` for any year - Provides `is_court_day(d)`, `roll_forward_rule(d)`, `add_calendar_days`, `add_court_days` - Exposes a `RULES` dictionary mapping named rule keys to `(days, mode, description, authority)` Use `scripts/case-calendar.py --rules` for the canonical list and `scripts/case-calendar.py --from YYYY-MM-DD --rule ` for any specific computation. ## Composition - For format: `co-statewide-format` - For the substantive rule: `co-law-references` - For first-response timing: `co-first-30-days` - For motion timing: `co-discovery`, `co-schedule-hearing` - For post-judgment timing: `co-post-judgment` - For family-law specific deadlines: `co-family-law` ## References - `references/crcp-6-time-computation.md` — full text of C.R.C.P. 6(a) with notes - `references/crs-24-11-101-holidays.md` — full text of the holidays statute with year-by-year computed dates - `references/sol-table.md` — comprehensive SOL chart by claim type with case authority - `references/tolling.md` — tolling provisions and case authority - `references/named-rules.md` — full list of rule keys with authority