Can u have an uncontested divorce and still let the courts decide the amount and duration of alimony?
Unfortunately, you cannot have an uncontested divorce and still request the court determine maintenance (alimony in Colorado). An uncontested final orders hearing is set in cases where the parties have agreed to all provisions, i.e. division of debts and assets, child support, parenting time and maintenance. The only way you can get an uncontested hearing is if both parties agree to all provisions. If there is a dispute as to maintenance calculation or award, then the court cannot set the matter for an uncontested hearing, since the issue of maintenance is, well, contested. However, if you set for contested final orders and go into court to advise the court you are in agreement as to everything, save for maintenance, then the only issue the court will address is the award and calculation of spousal maintenance. So everything else would be uncontested but the issue of spousal maintenance would not. So the answer is yes and no, but mostly no. You can go to the clerks office and file a no
