Marianne M. Tims
1st Judicial District Court
Honorable Marianne Tims has been a District Court Magistrate in Jefferson County since 2004 and the presiding District Court Magistrate from 2006 to 2000, with a fully diversified docket including domestic relations, child support enforcement, delinquency, dependency and neglect, paternity, adoption, relinquishment, and temporary and permanent civil protection orders. She has been the District Court Magistrate in Gilpin County since 2012. She has received a number of awards including the Colorado Judicial Institute Judicial Excellence Magistrate of the Year Award in 2014, the Excalibur Award from Colorado Family Support Counsel and the Linda T. Palmieri Award for Outstanding Service to Children in 2013, the Excellence in Practice Spirit of the Summit Multi-Disciplinary Team Award in 2009 and the Speaking up for Children Award from CASA in 2000. She was selected for and completed the Executive Leadership Development program through SCAO in 2017. She is currently a member of the Supreme Court Standing Committee on Civil Rules and formerly sat on the Child Support Commission and the Sex Offender Management Board. Prior to taking the bench, Magistrate Tims was an Assistant County Attorney in both Jefferson and Arapahoe counties and was in private practice doing work in juvenile and family law. Magistrate Tims received a J.D. from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law in 1992 and a B.A. in Business Administration from Fort Lewis College in Durango in 1988.
05/22
