This article discusses the 18th Judicial District Multi-Door Courthouse Pilot Project in Colorado. The project began services in December 1995 at the Arapahoe County Justice Center and is open for all case types. The author addresses issues of case screening, appropriateness of the process and the various processes available, such as mediation, arbitration and summary jury trials. The author also provides statistics about the project broken down by domestic, civil and dependency or neglect cases types. Finally, the article states that, as of 1997, the Colorado Judicial Branch Office of Dispute Resolution had planned to open more multi-door courthouse projects and the Arapahoe County project hoped to incorporate arbitration and parent time coordination into its programming.

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