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If you cannot come to a settlement agreement privately, you can ask if she would be willing to attend mediation to come to an agreement. If she is not willing to do either of those things, you will be forced to move forward with the court (finish your discovery, and ask for a Trial date from the court). If you get to your trial date and you haven't agreed upon things, then you will each put on your evidence, request what you each believe is fair, and the Judge will make the orders he/she believes are fair and will finalize your divorce.

It is important to understand that the mandate to complete of a parenting class (in a Colorado domestic relations case) is a Court-Ordered requirement. Classes are offered online at a relatively low cost, so there is really no excuse for not complying with the Court's Order. Incidentally, I have many clients that say they get great benefit from taking the class. There are several approaches for you to take in addressing this issue. 1) Do nothing. This is the Court's Order. If the Judge or Magistrate handling the case wants to deal with non-compliance, he/she can. 2) Raise the Issue with the Court. You can raise it verbally at a status conference when you are in front of a Judge, or you can file a simple Notice (i.e. Notice of Non-Compliance)? basically informing the Court that the other party has not complied. The Court will very likely enforce its Order before approving of any parenting time. 3) Force Compliance. You can file a contempt motion with the Court. This will insure compliance. Overall, the parenting class is intended for the benefit of the children (and parents). My experience is that the Court, unless the issue is accidentally overlooked, is simply not going to tolerate non-compliance. If a parent wants the Court to grant him/her parental rights, he/she should expect that the Court will require compliance with relatively simple, easy-to-comply with Orders.

I think you are referring to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, known as a QDRO for short. I suggest speaking with a specialist who does them and nothing else.