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Overview

County Attorney's Office
Administration Building
450 South 4th Avenue
Brighton, Colorado 80601
303.654.6116
Fax: 303.654.6114

Business Hours (excluding holidays):
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

 

County Attorney
Administration Building
450 South 4th Avenue
Brighton, Colorado 80601
303.654.6116
Fax: 303.654.6114
Child Support - IV-D
Human Services Building
7190 Colorado Boulevard
Commerce City, Colorado  80022
303.227.2020
Fax:  303.227.2022
Dependency and Neglect
Children and Family Center
7401 North Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80221
303.412.5000
Fax: 303.412.5001

The County Attorney's Office serves as general counsel to the Board of County Commissioners, elected officials, county departments and such other agencies as may be authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. Attorneys appear in all courts of record and before all administrative agencies. The office handles all general civil litigation matters for Adams County, including land use, employment issues, property tax, election issues and contracts. Additionally, the office prosecutes zoning and building code violations.

The County Attorney's Office also provides advice and representation to the Adams County Social Services Department in dependency and neglect cases, state expungement and administrative review hearings, adult service matters and in other civil matters related to the department. The office files all civil claims in state, district, and county courts and federal bankruptcy court for welfare fraud recoveries and files all cases for the Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Adams County Social Services Department.