Bacher v. District Court

I respectfully dissent.

As I view our venue rule, it would appear that once venue has attached to a case and motions, if any, for change of venue have been determined or have been waived, the court having jurisdiction of the principal action retains it for all ancillary or incidental proceedings in the case.

C.R.C.P. 98(f) appears only to authorize a change of the place of trial before trial and not after the trial has been had and determined. This is implicit in the provisions of Rule 98(d), relating to the time of filing of the motion for change of venue. Here, the trial of the divorce action…