How can I appeal an order a judge entered

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How can I appeal an order a judge entered

I live in Colorado and the judge believed my exhusband regarding the cost of a
computer. I have the beginnings of proof of the actual cost. I had to by my ex
a computer plus I’m ordered to pay him an additional 400. I need to get that
stopped b/c that is nowhere near what the actual cost was. My original divorce
attorney was a piece of not awesomeness and didn’t fight on this.

Asked on December 5, 2017 under Family Law, Colorado

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

You file an appeal by filing one in accordance with the court rules: those rules will spell out how long you have to appeal, what papers you need to file for sit, where you send those paper, the costs or fees, etc. You should be able to get a copy of the court rules online; worst case, you could buy the court rule book (do a "Google" search to find out where/from who to buy it and cost), or else go to the courthouse's legal library (most courthouses have one) and use the copy there.
But note that 1) appeals are very technical--even lawyers who don't regularly do appeals find them difficult; 2) they can be costly--you appeal based on the "record" or transcript from the court hearing you are appealing, and those transcripts can cost several hundred dollars (plus you have the cost of filing the appeal); and 3) most appeals fails--appellate courts do not reverse or overturn decisions far more often than they do overturn them. So you could go to alot of time and cost to not accomplish anything--think carefully about whether an appeal is worthwhile.


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