Rule 81 APPLICABILITY IN GENERAL.

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Rule 81. Applicability in General.

(a) Special Statutory Proceedings. These rules do not govern procedure and practice in any special statutory proceeding insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the procedure and practice provided by the applicable statute. Where the applicable statute provides for procedure under a former Code of Civil Procedure, such procedure shall be in accordance with these rules.

(b) Dissolution of Marriage and Legal Separation. These rules shall not govern procedure and practice in actions in dissolution of marriage and legal separation insofar as they may be inconsistent or in conflict with the procedure and practice provided by the applicable statutes.

(c) Appeals from County to District Court. These rules do not supersede the provisions of the statutes of this state now or hereafter in effect relating to appeals from final judgments and decrees of the county court to the district court.

Cross references: For application of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure to proceedings for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, see § 14-10-105, C.R.S.; for limitation on taking appeals by appellate court, see C.A.R. 1(b).

ANNOTATION

I. General Consideration.

II. Special Statutory Proceedings.

III. Divorce and Separate Maintenance.

IV. Appeals.

I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.

Law reviews. For article, "Court Administration and General Provisions: Rules 77-85", see 23 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 599 (1951). For article, "Amendments to the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure", see 28 Dicta 242 (1951). For article, "One Year Review of Civil Procedure and Appeals", see 37 Dicta 21 (1960). For article, "One Year Review of Civil Procedure and Appeals", see 39 Dicta 133 (1962). For article, "Rule-Making in Colorado: An Unheralded Crisis in Procedural Reform", see 38 U. Colo. L. Rev. 137 (1966).

Applied in Rogers Concrete, Inc. v. Jude Contractors, 38 Colo. App. 26, 550 P.2d 892 (1976); People in Interest of S.S.T., 38 Colo. App. 110, 553 P.2d 82 (1976); Fry Roofing Co. v. Dept. of Health, 191 Colo. 463, 553 P.2d 800 (1976); Rueda v. District Court, 194 Colo. 327, 575 P.2d 370 (1977); In re Blair, 42 Colo. App. 270, 592 P.2d 1354 (1979); West-Brandt Found., Inc. v. Carper, 199 Colo. 334, 608 P.2d 339 (1980); Judd Constr. Co. v. Evans Joint Venture, 642 P.2d 922 (Colo. 1982).

II. SPECIAL STATUTORY PROCEEDINGS.

Law reviews. For article, "Again — How Many Times?", see 21 Dicta 62 (1944).

There is a recognized distinction between "proceedings" and...