Contra Ferrigno Warren, ¶ 20, 462 P.3d at 1085 (holding that, under Colorado’s election code, a "specific statutory command could not be ignored in the name of substantial compliance"); Gallegos Fam. Props., LLC v. Colo. Groundwater Comm’n, 2017 CO 73, ¶ 25, 398 P.3d 599, 608 ("Where the language is clear, we must apply the language as written."). If a court must contort a special proceeding’s statutory timeline to process a claim, then that claim is not proper for the special proceeding.

And the law is crystal clear that an appellate court reviews findings of fact for clear error, not an abuse of discretion. See, e.g. , Gallegos Fam. Props., LLC v. Colo. Groundwater Comm'n , 2017 CO 73, ¶ 17, 398 P.3d 599 ; People v. Minor , 222 P.3d 952, 956 (Colo. 2010) ; People v. DeBorde , 2016 COA 185, ¶ 23, 411 P.3d 220. A factual finding is clearly erroneous only if it has no support in the record.