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My putting your wife's name on the deed, you made a gift of the home to the marriage. You can certainly ask the court to give you credit for the downpayment but the court may deny this request.

You will need to call your ex ask him one more time to sign the papers as ordered by the court in your decree; if he refuses, you need to go back to court on an Order Shortening Time for an Order whereby the court can sign for him and request attorney fees for the appearance and motion if you use counsel. My position on the who should draft the QDRO is he should be responsible, he's getting the benefit.

In Colorado a Decree of Legal Separation can only be entered by the Court if both parties agree to do that instead of a dissolution of marriage (i.e. divorce). If you want to end the marriage rather than simply have a Legal Separation all you have to do is say so. The Decree, whichever it is, is entered by the Court at the end of the proceedings when all financial issues and parenting issues have been decided (either by mutual agreement or by judicial rulings). Once entered, a Decree of Legal Separation lasts indefinitely unless one party after six months decides to have it converted to a Decree of Dissolution. There are situations where a Legal Separation is an advantage if the parties are not interested in remarriage. One example is the ability to continue health insurance coverage for both spouses when only one of them has an employer health plan.