C.R.S. § 14-7-103 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 7 / Section 14-7-103
14-7-103. District and county attorneys to report actions
Status: in_force

14-7-103. District and county attorneys to report actions. On or before December 1 of each year, the district attorney and the county attorney shall make a written report to the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, stating the number of reports, provided for in section 14-7-101, received from the courts of the county or state and the nature and result of any action directed in this article 7 by such officers respectively to recover from such parents the expenses of the care and maintenance of such children. If no action has been taken, such report shall detail the reason for the failure of the officer to take action. The county commissioners shall pay any court costs or other expenses necessary for the prosecution of any suit provided for in this article 7. Nothing in this article 7 shall be construed to repeal any law of this state concerning the responsibility of parents to support their children, providing for the punishment of parents or other persons responsible for the delinquency or dependency of children, or providing for the punishment of any parents for the nonsupport of their children; and nothing in such law shall prevent proceedings under this article 7 in any proper case.
C.R.S. § 14-12-106 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 12 / Section 14-12-106
14-12-106. Court may appoint marriage counselor in any county or judicial district where th
Status: repealed

14-12-106. Court may appoint marriage counselor in any county or judicial district where the population is under one hundred thousand. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-5-302 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-302
14-5-302. Proceeding by minor parent
Status: in_force

14-5-302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
C.R.S. § 14-6-106 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-6-106
14-6-106. Venue
Status: in_force

14-6-106. Venue. If the offense charged is desertion or abandonment or neglect or refusal to provide such children or spouse with the necessary and proper home, care, food, and clothing, as provided in section 14-6-101, the offense shall be held to have been committed in any county of this state in which such children or spouse may be at the time such complaint is made.
C.R.S. § 14-5-603 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 14-5-603
14-5-603. Effect of registration for enforcement
Status: in_force

14-5-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.

(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this part 6, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 14-10-112 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-112
14-10-112. Separation agreement
Status: in_force

14-10-112. Separation agreement. (1) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a marriage attendant upon their separation or the dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into a written separation agreement containing provisions for the maintenance of either of them, the disposition of any property owned by either of them, and the allocation of parental responsibilities, support, and parenting time of their children.

(2) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation, the terms of the separation agreement, except terms providing for the allocation of parental responsibilities, support, and parenting time of children, are binding upon the court unless it finds, after considering the economic circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence produced by the parties, on their own motion or on request of the court, that the separation agreement is unconscionable.

(3) If the court finds the separation agreement unconscionable, the court may request the parties to submit a revised separation agreement, or the court may make orders for the disposition of property, support, and maintenance.

(4) If the court finds that the separation agreement is not unconscionable as to support, maintenance, and property:

(a) Unless the separation agreement provides to the contrary, its terms shall be set forth in the decree of dissolution or legal separation, and the parties shall be ordered to perform them; or

(b) If the separation agreement provides that its terms shall not be set forth in the decree, the decree shall identify the separation agreement and shall state that the court has found the terms not unconscionable.

(5) Terms of the agreement set forth in the decree may be enforced by all remedies available for the enforcement of a judgment, including contempt, but are no longer enforceable as contract terms.

(6) Except for terms concerning the support, the allocation of decision-making responsibility, or parenting time of children, the decree may expressly preclude or limit modification of terms set forth in the decree if the separation agreement so provides.
C.R.S. § 14-4-102 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 4 / Section 14-4-102
14-4-102. Restraining orders to prevent domestic abuse
Status: repealed

14-4-102. Restraining orders to prevent domestic abuse. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-13-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 14-13-101
14-13-101. Short title
Status: in_force

14-13-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act".
C.R.S. § 14-5-902 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 9 / Section 14-5-902
14-5-902. Transitional provision
Status: in_force

14-5-902. Transitional provision. This article, as amended by House Bill 15-1198, enacted in 2015, applies to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2015, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
C.R.S. § 14-5-605 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 14-5-605
14-5-605. Notice of registration of order
Status: in_force

14-5-605. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(1) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

(2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 14-5-707;

(3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

(4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:

(1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the income-withholding law of this state.
C.R.S. § 14-2-107 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 14-2-107
14-2-107. When licenses to marry issued - validity
Status: in_force

14-2-107. When licenses to marry issued - validity. Licenses to marry shall be issued by the county clerk and recorder only during the hours that the office of the county clerk and recorder is open as prescribed by law and at no other time, and such licenses shall show the exact date and hour of their issue. A license shall not be valid for use outside the state of Colorado. Within the state, such licenses shall not be valid for more than thirty-five days after the date of issue. If any license to marry is not used within thirty-five days, it is void and shall be returned to the county clerk and recorder for cancellation.
C.R.S. § 14-14-106 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 14 / Section 14-14-106
14-14-106. Interest
Status: in_force

14-14-106. Interest. (1) (a) Interest per annum at four percent greater than the statutory rate set forth in section 5-12-101 on any arrearages and child support debt due and owing before July 1, 2021, may be compounded monthly and may be collected by the judgment creditor; however, such interest may be waived by the judgment creditor and such creditor is not required to maintain interest balance due accounts. After July 1, 2021, interest on child support arrearages and child support debt accrues at the interest rate specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(b) Interest per annum at two percent greater than the statutory rate set forth in section 5-12-101 on any arrearages and child support debt due and owing on and after July 1, 2021, may be compounded annually and may be collected by the judgment creditor; except that such interest may be waived by the judgment creditor and such creditor is not required to maintain interest balance due accounts.

(2) If the judgment creditor seeks interest on child support arrearages as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the debtor obligor may apply to the court to request that the court find good cause to use discretion in disallowing the calculated interest, or a portion thereof, on child support arrearages. In so doing, the court shall consider but is not limited to the following:

(a) Whether good cause existed for the nonpayment of the child support;

(b) Whether payment of the interest would result in undue hardship or substantial injustice for the obligor owing the interest; and

(c) Whether the disallowance or reduction of interest would result in undue hardship and substantial injustice to the person to whom the interest is owed.

(3) The court may determine an equitable period of repayment of any interest and arrears owed, if applicable, as set forth in this section.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-504 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 5 / Section 14-13.7-504
14-13.7-504. Effective date
Status: in_force

14-13.7-504. Effective date. This article takes effect July 1, 2013.
C.R.S. § 14-10-106.5 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-106.5
14-10-106.5. Dissolution of civil unions - legal separation - jurisdiction - applicability of
Status: in_force

14-10-106.5. Dissolution of civil unions - legal separation - jurisdiction - applicability of article and case law. (1) Any person who enters into a civil union in Colorado pursuant to article 15 of this title consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of Colorado for the purpose of any action relating to a civil union even if one or both parties cease to reside in this state. In a matter seeking a dissolution, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of a civil union, the court shall follow the procedures that are set forth in this article for dissolution, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity. The provisions of this article and any case law construing this article apply to the dissolution, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of a civil union.

(2) The court shall follow the laws of Colorado in a matter filed in Colorado that is seeking a dissolution, legal separation, or invalidity of a civil union that was entered into in another jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 14-10.5-103 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10.5 / Section 14-10.5-103
14-10.5-103. Definition
Status: repealed

14-10.5-103. Definition. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-308 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 3 / Section 14-13.7-308
14-13.7-308. Nature of authority created by interim custody order
Status: in_force

14-13.7-308. Nature of authority created by interim custody order. (1) A grant of authority under this part 3 is an interim grant of authority and terminates under part 4 of this article after the return from deployment of the deploying parent, unless the grant has been terminated before that time by court order. The grant does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact in an individual to whom it is granted.

(2) A nonparent granted caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact under this part 3 has standing to enforce the grant until it is terminated by court order or under part 4 of this article.
C.R.S. § 14-13-308 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 14-13-308
14-13-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination
Status: in_force

14-13-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination. (1) A petition under this part 3 in which the petitioner is seeking expedited enforcement pursuant to this section must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified copy of an order may be attached instead of the original.

(2) A petition for expedited enforcement of a child-custody determination pursuant to this section must state:

(a) Whether the court that issued the determination identified the jurisdictional basis it relied upon in exercising jurisdiction and, if so, what the basis was;

(b) Whether the determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court whose decision must be enforced under this article and, if so, the identity of the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding;

(c) Whether any proceeding has been commenced that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings relating to domestic violence or domestic abuse, protective orders or restraining orders, termination of parental rights, and adoptions and, if so, the identity of the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding;

(d) The present physical address of the child and the respondent, if known;

(e) Whether relief in addition to the immediate physical custody of the child and attorney's fees is sought, including a request for assistance from law enforcement officials and, if so, the relief sought; and

(f) If the child-custody determination has been registered and confirmed under section 14-13-305, the date and place of registration.

(3) Upon the filing of a petition for expedited enforcement pursuant to this section, the court shall issue an order directing the respondent to appear in person at a hearing, with or without the child, and may enter any order necessary to ensure the safety of the parties and the child. The hearing must be held on the next judicial day after service of the order unless that date is impossible. In that event, the court shall hold the hearing on the first judicial day possible. The court may extend the date of hearing at the request of the petitioner.

(4) An order issued under subsection (3) of this section must state the time and place of the hearing and advise the respondent that at the hearing the court will order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child and the payment of fees, costs, and expenses under section 14-13-312, and may schedule a hearing to determine whether further relief is appropriate, unless the respondent appears and establishes that:

(a) The child-custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under section 14-13-305 and that:

(I) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under a provision of law adopted by that state that is in substantial conformity with part 2 of this article;

(II) The child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under a provision of law adopted by that state that is in substantial conformity with part 2 of this article;

(III) The respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards substantially in conformity with the standards of section 14-13-108, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or

(b) The child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under a provision of law adopted by that state that is in substantial conformity with section 14-13-304, but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under a provision of law adopted by that state that is in substantial conformity with part 2 of this article.
C.R.S. § 14-6-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-6-101
14-6-101. Nonsupport of spouse and children - penalty
Status: repealed

14-6-101. Nonsupport of spouse and children - penalty. (1) Any person who willfully neglects, fails, or refuses to provide reasonable support and maintenance for his spouse or for his children under eighteen years of age, whether natural, adopted, or whose parentage has been judicially determined, or who willfully fails, refuses, or neglects to provide proper care, food, and clothing in case of sickness for his spouse or such children or any such children being legally the inmates of a state or county home or school for children in this state, or who willfully fails or refuses to pay to a trustee, who may be appointed by the court to receive such payment, or to the board of control of such home or school the reasonable cost of keeping such children in said home, or any person, being the father or mother of children under eighteen years of age, who leaves such children with intent to abandon such children, or any man who willfully neglects, fails, or refuses to provide proper care, food, and clothing to the mother of his child during childbirth and attendant illness is guilty of a class 5 felony. It shall be an affirmative defense, as defined in section 18-1-407, C.R.S., to a prosecution under this section that owing to physical incapacity or other good cause the defendant is unable to furnish the support, care, and maintenance required by this section. No child shall be deemed to lack proper care for the sole reason that he is being provided remedial treatment in accordance with section 19-3-103, C.R.S.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 14-5-313 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-313
14-5-313. Costs and fees
Status: in_force

14-5-313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.

(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.

(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under part 6 of this article, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
C.R.S. § 14-2-210 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 14-2-210
14-2-210. Domicile
Status: in_force

14-2-210. Domicile. The right of a person to become a resident domiciled in the state of Colorado must not be denied or abridged because of sex or marital status, and the common law rule that the domicile of a married person is that of his or her spouse is no longer in effect in this state.
C.R.S. § 14-5-614 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 14-5-614
14-5-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
Status: in_force

14-5-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 14-2-108 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 14-2-108
14-2-108. Judicial approval
Status: in_force

14-2-108. Judicial approval. (1) The juvenile court, as defined in section 19-1-103, after a reasonable effort has been made to notify the parents or legal guardians of each underage party, may order the county clerk and recorder pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to issue a marriage license and a marriage certificate form to a person sixteen or seventeen years of age.

(2) (a) The court may order the county clerk and recorder to issue a marriage license under subsection (1) of this section only if the court finds, after reviewing the report of the guardian ad litem appointed pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, that the underage party is capable of assuming the responsibilities of marriage and the marriage would serve the underage party's best interests. Pregnancy alone does not establish that the best interests of the party would be served.

(b) (I) Prior to ordering the issuance of a marriage license to an underage party, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the underage party and direct the guardian ad litem to investigate the best interests of the underage party and to file a report with the court addressing the factors set forth in subsection (2)(b)(II) of this section and stating a position as to whether the issuance of a marriage license to the underage party is in the underage party's best interests.

(II) The court shall consider all relevant factors, including:

(A) The wishes of the underage party;

(B) The view of the parents or legal guardians of the underage party, if known;

(C) The ability of the underage party to assume the responsibilities of marriage;

(D) The circumstances surrounding the marriage; and

(E) The ability of the underage party to manage the underage party's financial, personal, social, educational, and nonfinancial affairs independent of the underage party's intended spouse both during the marriage or upon dissolution of the marriage.

(3) The district court or the juvenile court, as the case may be, shall authorize performance of a marriage by proxy upon the showing required by the provisions on solemnization, being section 14-2-109.
C.R.S. § 14-5-204 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 14-5-204
14-5-204. Simultaneous proceedings
Status: in_force

14-5-204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:

(1) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;

(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and

(3) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:

(1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;

(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and

(3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
C.R.S. § 14-5-507 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 14-5-507
14-5-507. Administrative enforcement of orders
Status: in_force

14-5-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.

(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this article.
C.R.S. § 14-10-120.2 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-120.2
14-10-120.2. Ex-parte request for restoration of prior name of party
Status: in_force

14-10-120.2. Ex-parte request for restoration of prior name of party. (1) Pursuant to the provisions of this section, at any time after the entry of a decree of dissolution or legal separation, a party to the action may request restoration of a prior full name.

(2) The requesting party must file a verified motion and affidavit under the same case number in the district court in which the decree of dissolution or legal separation was entered. The requesting party's motion and affidavit must include:

(a) The caption and case number for the action in which the decree of dissolution or legal separation was entered; and

(b) The requesting party's sworn statement that the restoration of a prior full name is not detrimental to any person.

(3) The court shall enter an order restoring the requesting party's name if the court determines that:

(a) The court entered a decree of dissolution or legal separation in an action concerning the requesting party; and

(b) The request to restore a prior full name is not detrimental to any person.

(4) The order restoring a prior full name of the party does not affect any party's rights or obligations pursuant to the decree of dissolution or legal separation entered in the action.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-307 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 3 / Section 14-13.7-307
14-13.7-307. Grant of limited contact
Status: in_force

14-13.7-307. Grant of limited contact. On a motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with law of this state other than this article, unless the court finds that the contact would not be in the best interest of the child, a court shall grant limited contact to a nonparent who is a family member of the child or an individual with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship.
C.R.S. § 14-12-105 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 12 / Section 14-12-105
14-12-105. Counseling proceedings to be private - communications confidential
Status: in_force

14-12-105. Counseling proceedings to be private - communications confidential. All counseling proceedings, interviews, or conferences shall be held in private. All communications, oral or written, from the parties to a domestic relations counselor in a counseling or conciliation proceedings shall be deemed to be made to such counsel in official confidence by a privileged communication and shall not be admissible or usable for any purpose in any dissolution of marriage hearing or any other proceedings. Any papers or records of the counselor relating to counseling proceedings under this article shall be confidential.
C.R.S. § 14-5-604 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 14-5-604
14-5-604. Choice of law
Status: in_force

14-5-604. Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:

(1) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order;

(2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and

(3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.

(b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state, or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and to collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this state.

(d) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.
C.R.S. § 14-5-709 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 7 / Section 14-5-709
14-5-709. Partial enforcement
Status: in_force

14-5-709. Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
C.R.S. § 14-2-111 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 14-2-111
14-2-111. Putative spouse
Status: in_force

14-2-111. Putative spouse. A person who has cohabited with another to whom he or she is not legally married in the good faith belief that he or she was married to that person is a putative spouse until knowledge of the fact that he or she is not legally married terminates his or her status and prevents acquisition of further rights. A putative spouse acquires the rights conferred upon a legal spouse, including the right to maintenance following termination of his or her status, whether or not the marriage is prohibited under section 14-2-110, declared invalid, or otherwise terminated by court action. If there is a legal spouse or other putative spouses, rights acquired by a putative spouse do not supersede the rights of the legal spouse or those acquired by other putative spouses, but the court shall apportion property, maintenance, and support rights among the claimants as appropriate in the circumstances and in the interests of justice.
C.R.S. § 14-10.5-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10.5 / Section 14-10.5-101
14-10.5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

14-10.5-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Parenting Time Enforcement Act".
C.R.S. § 14-5-303 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-303
14-5-303. Application of law of this state
Status: in_force

14-5-303. Application of law of this state. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal of this state shall:

(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and

(2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
C.R.S. § 14-10-125 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-125
14-10-125. Temporary orders
Status: in_force

14-10-125. Temporary orders. (1) A party to a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities may move for a temporary order. The court may allocate temporary parental responsibilities, including temporary parenting time and temporary decision-making responsibility, after a hearing.

(2) If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is dismissed, any temporary order concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities is vacated unless a parent or the person allocated parental responsibilities moves that the proceeding continue as a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities and the court finds, after a hearing, that the circumstances of the parents and the best interests of the child require that a decree concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities be issued.

(3) If a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities commenced in the absence of a petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is dismissed, any temporary order concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities is vacated.
C.R.S. § 14-5-201 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 14-5-201
14-5-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
Status: in_force

14-5-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:

(1) The individual is personally served with a summons within this state;

(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3) The individual resided with the child in this state;

(4) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

(5) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

(6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or

(7) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 14-5-611 are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 14-5-615 are met.
C.R.S. § 14-15-117 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 15 / Section 14-15-117
14-15-117. Application of article to joint tax returns - legislative declaration
Status: in_force

14-15-117. Application of article to joint tax returns - legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that some partners in a civil union may legally have their federal taxable income determined on either separate federal tax returns or on a joint federal tax return. Since Colorado income tax filings are tied to the federal income tax form by requiring taxpayers to pay a percentage of their federal taxable income as their state income taxes:

(a) Partners in a civil union who have their federal taxable income determined on separate federal tax returns must have such income separately determined for purposes of the Colorado income tax; and

(b) Partners in a civil union who have their federal taxable income determined on a joint federal tax return must have their state taxable income determined based on their joint federal taxable income.
C.R.S. § 14-10-107.5 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-107.5
14-10-107.5. Entry of appearance and notice of withdrawal by delegate child support enforceme
Status: in_force

14-10-107.5. Entry of appearance and notice of withdrawal by delegate child support enforcement unit. (1) The attorney for the delegate child support enforcement unit may file an entry of appearance on behalf of the county department of human or social services in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation under this article 10 for purposes of establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support and medical support if any party is receiving child support services pursuant to section 26-13-106 and for purposes of establishing and enforcing reimbursement of payments for temporary assistance to needy families.

(2) The delegate child support enforcement unit, upon the filing of the entry of appearance described in subsection (1) of this section or upon the filing of a legal pleading to establish, modify, or enforce the support obligation, is from that date forward, without leave or order of court, a third-party intervenor in the action for the purposes outlined in subsection (1) of this section without the necessity of filing a motion to intervene.

(3) The delegate child support enforcement unit may withdraw as a party from a case when the case is closed without leave of the court by filing a notice pursuant to the Colorado rules of civil procedure. Upon the filing of such notice, the delegate child support enforcement unit is no longer considered a party to the action without the necessity of filing a motion to dismiss party.
C.R.S. § 14-5-1002 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 10 / Section 14-5-1002
14-5-1002. Jurisdiction by arrest
Status: repealed

14-5-1002. Jurisdiction by arrest. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-13-112 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 14-13-112
14-13-112. Cooperation between courts - preservation of records
Status: in_force

14-13-112. Cooperation between courts - preservation of records. (1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody or allocation of parental responsibilities with respect to a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(d) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(e) Order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

(4) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child-custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
C.R.S. § 14-2-206 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 14-2-206
14-2-206. Spouse cannot convey other spouse's lands
Status: in_force

14-2-206. Spouse cannot convey other spouse's lands. The separate deed of a spouse conveys no interest in the other spouse's lands.
C.R.S. § 14-14-107 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 14 / Section 14-14-107
14-14-107. Wage assignment - applicability
Status: repealed

14-14-107. Wage assignment - applicability. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-13.5-110 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.5 / Section 14-13.5-110
14-13.5-110. Duration of abduction prevention order
Status: in_force

14-13.5-110. Duration of abduction prevention order. (1) An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest of:

(a) The time stated in the order;

(b) The emancipation of the child;

(c) The child's attaining eighteen years of age; or

(d) The time the order is modified, revoked, vacated, or superseded by a court with jurisdiction under sections 14-13-201 to 14-13-203.
C.R.S. § 14-5-301 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-301
14-5-301. Proceedings under article
Status: in_force

14-5-301. Proceedings under article. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part 3 applies to all proceedings under this article.

(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 1249, § 11, effective July 1, 2004.)
C.R.S. § 14-5-207 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 14-5-207
14-5-207. Determination of controlling child support order
Status: in_force

14-5-207. Determination of controlling child support order. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this article and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized.

(b) If a proceeding is brought under this article, and two or more child support orders have been issued by tribunals of this state, another state, or a foreign country with regard to the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of this state having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and individual obligee shall apply the following rules and by order shall determine which order controls and must be recognized:

(1) If only one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this article, the order of that tribunal controls.

(2) If more than one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this article:

(A) An order issued by a tribunal in the current home state of the child controls; or

(B) If an order has not been issued in the current home state of the child, the order most recently issued controls.

(3) If none of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this article, the tribunal of this state shall issue a child support order, which controls.

(c) If two or more child support orders have been issued for the same obligor and same child, upon request of a party who is an individual or that is a support enforcement agency, a tribunal of this state having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and the obligee who is an individual shall determine which order controls under subsection (b) of this section. The request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or registration for modification pursuant to part 6 of this article, or may be filed as a separate proceeding.

(d) A request to determine which is the controlling order shall be accompanied by a copy of every child support order in effect and the applicable record of payments. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.

(e) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section has continuing jurisdiction to the extent provided in section 14-5-205 or 14-5-206.

(f) A tribunal of this state that determines by order which is the controlling order under subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (c) of this section, or that issues a new controlling order under subsection (b)(3) of this section, shall state in that order:

(1) The basis upon which the tribunal made its determination;

(2) The amount of prospective support, if any; and

(3) The total amount of consolidated arrears and accrued interest, if any, under all of the orders after all payments made are credited as provided by section 14-5-209.

(g) Within thirty days after issuance of an order determining which is the controlling order, the party obtaining the order shall file a certified copy of it in each tribunal that issued or registered an earlier order of child support. A party or support enforcement agency obtaining the order that fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the controlling order.

(h) An order that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a judgment for consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made pursuant to this section shall be recognized in proceedings under this article.
C.R.S. § 14-10-103 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-103
14-10-103. Definitions and interpretation of terms
Status: in_force

14-10-103. Definitions and interpretation of terms. (1) As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "decree" includes the term "judgment"; and, for the purposes of the tax laws of the state of Colorado or of any other jurisdiction, the term "maintenance" includes the term "alimony".

(2) Whenever any law of this state refers to or mentions divorce, annulment, or separate maintenance, said law shall be interpreted as if the words dissolution of marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage, and legal separation, respectively, were substituted therefor.

(3) On and after July 1, 1993, the term "visitation" has been changed to "parenting time". It is not the intent of the general assembly to modify or change the meaning of the term "visitation" nor to alter the legal rights of a parent with respect to the child as a result of changing the term "visitation" to "parenting time".

(4) On and after February 1, 1999, the term "custody" and related terms such as "custodial" and "custodian" have been changed to "parental responsibilities". It is not the intent of the general assembly to modify or change the meaning of the term "custody" nor to alter the legal rights of any custodial parent with respect to the child as a result of changing the term "custody" to "parental responsibilities".

(5) As used in this article 10, unless the context otherwise requires, for purposes of proceedings for allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to section 14-10-123 (1.5) only, the term "child" means an unmarried individual who has not attained twenty-one years of age.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-204 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 2 / Section 14-13.7-204
14-13.7-204. Power of attorney
Status: in_force

14-13.7-204. Power of attorney. A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all or part of his or her custodial responsibility to an adult nonparent for the period of deployment if no other parent possesses custodial responsibility under law of this state other than this article, or if a court order currently in effect prohibits contact between the child and the other parent. The deploying parent may revoke the power of attorney by signing a revocation of the power.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-404 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 4 / Section 14-13.7-404
14-13.7-404. Termination by operation of law of interim grant of custodial responsibility est
Status: in_force

14-13.7-404. Termination by operation of law of interim grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. (1) If an agreement between the parties to terminate an interim order for custodial responsibility under part 3 of this article has not been filed, the order terminates thirty-five days after the deploying parent gives notice to the other parent and any nonparent granted custodial responsibility that the deploying parent has returned from deployment.

(2) A proceeding seeking to prevent termination of an interim order for custodial responsibility is governed by sections 14-10-124 and 14-10-129.
C.R.S. § 14-14-108 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 14 / Section 14-14-108
14-14-108. Child support debt offset
Status: repealed

14-14-108. Child support debt offset. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-5-708 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 7 / Section 14-5-708
14-5-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order
Status: in_force

14-5-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.

(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:

(1) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;

(2) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with section 14-5-201;

(3) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country;

(4) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;

(5) A record transmitted in accordance with section 14-5-706 lacks authenticity or integrity;

(6) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed;

(7) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this article in this state;

(8) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part;

(9) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:

(A) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or

(B) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or

(10) The order was made in violation of section 14-5-711.

(c) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9) of this section:

(1) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and

(2) The state department of human services shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 14-5-704.
C.R.S. § 14-2-102 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 14-2-102
14-2-102. Purposes - rules of construction
Status: in_force

14-2-102. Purposes - rules of construction. (1) This part 1 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes.

(2) Its underlying purposes are:

(a) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and to safeguard meaningful family relationships;

(b) To provide adequate procedures for the solemnization and registration of marriage.
C.R.S. § 14-5-312 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-312
14-5-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
Status: in_force

14-5-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
C.R.S. § 14-2-303.5 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 14-2-303.5
14-2-303.5. Applicability of part and case law to agreements relating to civil unions
Status: in_force

14-2-303.5. Applicability of part and case law to agreements relating to civil unions. Prospective parties to a civil union and present parties to a civil union may contract to make an agreement relating to the civil union that includes any of the rights and obligations that may be included in a premarital agreement or marital agreement pursuant to this part 3. The provisions of this part 3 and any case law construing this part 3 apply to any agreement made by prospective parties to a civil union or between present parties to a civil union.
C.R.S. § 14-10-108 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-108
14-10-108. Temporary orders in a dissolution case
Status: in_force

14-10-108. Temporary orders in a dissolution case. (1) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, the allocation of parental responsibilities, or declaration of invalidity of marriage or a proceeding for disposition of property, maintenance, or support following dissolution of the marriage, either party may move for temporary payment of debts, use of property, maintenance, parental responsibilities, support of a child of the marriage entitled to support, or payment of attorney fees or licensed legal paraprofessional fees. The motion may be supported by an affidavit setting forth the factual basis for the motion and the amounts requested.

(1.5) The court may consider the allocation of parental responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child, with particular reference to the factors specified in section 14-10-124 (1.5).

(2) As a part of a motion of such temporary orders or by an independent motion accompanied by an affidavit, either party may request the court to issue a temporary order:

(a) Restraining any party from transferring, encumbering, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life, and, if so restrained, requiring him to notify the moving party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the order is issued;

(b) Enjoining a party from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party or of any child;

(c) Excluding a party from the family home or from the home of the other party upon a showing that physical or emotional harm would otherwise result.

(2.3) and (2.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 553, § 4, effective July 1, 2004.)

(3) A party to an action filed pursuant to this article may seek, and the court may issue, a temporary or permanent protection order pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 14 of title 13, C.R.S.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 553, § 4, effective July 1, 2004.)

(5) A temporary order or temporary injunction:

(a) Does not prejudice the rights of the parties or the child which are to be adjudicated at subsequent hearings in the proceeding;

(b) May be revoked or modified prior to final decree on a showing by affidavit of the facts necessary to revocation or modification of a final decree under section 14-10-122; and

(c) Terminates when the final decree is entered, unless continued by the court for good cause to a date certain, or when the petition for dissolution or legal separation is voluntarily dismissed.

(6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 553, § 4, effective July 1, 2004.)

(7) At the time a protection order is requested pursuant to part 1 of article 14 of title 13, the court shall inquire about, and the requesting party and the party's attorney or licensed legal paraprofessional has an independent duty to disclose, knowledge the party and the party's attorney or licensed legal paraprofessional may have concerning the existence of any prior protection orders or restraining orders of any court addressing in whole or in part the subject matter of the requested protection order.
C.R.S. § 14-5-1004 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 10 / Section 14-5-1004
14-5-1004. Proceedings not to be stayed
Status: repealed

14-5-1004. Proceedings not to be stayed. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-2-109.5 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 14-2-109.5
14-2-109.5. Common law marriage - age restrictions
Status: in_force

14-2-109.5. Common law marriage - age restrictions. (1) A common law marriage entered into on or after September 1, 2006, shall not be recognized as a valid marriage in this state unless, at the time the common law marriage is entered into:

(a) Each party is eighteen years of age or older; and

(b) The marriage is not prohibited, as provided in section 14-2-110.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-2-112, a common law marriage contracted within or outside this state on or after September 1, 2006, that does not satisfy the requirements specified in subsection (1) of this section shall not be recognized as valid in this state.
C.R.S. § 14-2-304 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 14-2-304
14-2-304. Governing law
Status: in_force

14-2-304. Governing law. (1) The validity, enforceability, interpretation, and construction of a premarital agreement or marital agreement are determined:

(a) By the law of the jurisdiction designated in the agreement if the jurisdiction has a significant relationship to the agreement or either party at the time the agreement was signed and the designated law is not contrary to section 14-2-309 or to a fundamental public policy of this state; or

(b) Absent an effective designation described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), by the law of this state, including the choice-of-law rules of this state.
C.R.S. § 14-15-109 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 15 / Section 14-15-109
14-15-109. Civil union license and certificate
Status: in_force

14-15-109. Civil union license and certificate. (1) The executive director of the department shall prescribe the form for an application for a civil union license, consisting of, at a minimum, the following information:

(a) Name, sex, address, social security number, and date and place of birth of each party to the proposed civil union. For such purpose, proof of date of birth may be obtained from a birth certificate, a driver's license, or other comparable evidence.

(b) If either party has previously been married or has previously been a party to a civil union, the name of the spouse or the name of the other party and the date, place, and court in which the marriage or civil union was dissolved or declared invalid or the date and place of death of the deceased spouse or the deceased party to a civil union;

(c) Name and address of the parents or guardian of each party; and

(d) Whether the parties are related to each other and, if so, their relationship.

(2) The executive director of the department shall prescribe the forms for the civil union license and the civil union certificate. The department shall provide the forms to the county clerk and recorders in the state.

(3) A civil union license and a civil union certificate do not constitute evidence of the parties' intent to create a common law marriage.
C.R.S. § 14-5-608 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 14-5-608
14-5-608. Confirmed order
Status: in_force

14-5-608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
C.R.S. § 14-13.5-104 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.5 / Section 14-13.5-104
14-13.5-104. Actions for abduction prevention measures
Status: in_force

14-13.5-104. Actions for abduction prevention measures. (1) A court on its own motion may order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction of the child.

(2) A party to a child-custody determination or another individual or entity having a right under the law of this state or any other state to seek a child-custody determination for the child may file a petition seeking abduction prevention measures to protect the child under this article.
C.R.S. § 14-15-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 15 / Section 14-15-101
14-15-101. Short title
Status: in_force

14-15-101. Short title. This article is known as the "Colorado Civil Union Act".
C.R.S. § 14-5-310 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-310
14-5-310. Duties of state information agency
Status: in_force

14-5-310. Duties of state information agency. (a) The state department of human services is the state information agency under this article.

(b) The state information agency shall:

(1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this article and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

(2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

(3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this article received from another state or a foreign country; and

(4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
C.R.S. § 14-10-104 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-104
14-10-104. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

14-10-104. Uniformity of application and construction. (1) This article shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among those states which enact it.

(2) The term "irretrievable breakdown" shall be construed as being similar to other terms having a like import in the law of other jurisdictions adopting this or a similar law.
C.R.S. § 14-10.5-104 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10.5 / Section 14-10.5-104
14-10.5-104. Parenting time enforcement program - authorization
Status: in_force

14-10.5-104. Parenting time enforcement program - authorization. (1) (a) The appropriate state agency, as determined by the governor, is hereby authorized to develop a parenting time enforcement program. The program, if developed, shall comply with all requirements and restrictions, if any, set forth in federal law or in federal regulation promulgated by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services and, if in compliance with federal law and regulation, shall address the enhancement and facilitation of children's access to the parents with whom such children reside less than the majority of the time by any one or any combination of the following methods:

(I) Mediation, both voluntary and mandatory;

(II) Family counseling;

(III) Parental education;

(IV) Development of parenting plans;

(V) Parenting time enforcement procedures, including monitored parenting time, supervised parenting time, or neutral drop-off and pickup locations;

(VI) Parenting time guidelines;

(VII) Alternative arrangements with respect to parental responsibilities.

(b) The parenting time enforcement program, if developed, may be operated on a statewide basis or on a representative pilot basis.

(2) The selected state agency shall monitor, evaluate, and report on the parenting time enforcement program, if developed, in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services. Such agency shall also evaluate and report on the effectiveness of the amendments made to section 14-10-129.5, as contained in House Bill 97-1164.
C.R.S. § 14-13-306 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 14-13-306
14-13-306. Enforcement of registered determination
Status: in_force

14-13-306. Enforcement of registered determination. (1) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child-custody determination made by a court of another state.

(2) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with part 2 of this article, a registered child-custody determination of a court of another state.
C.R.S. § 14-5-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 14-5-101
14-5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

14-5-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act".
C.R.S. § 14-10-131.8 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-131.8
14-10-131.8. Construction of 1999 revisions
Status: in_force

14-10-131.8. Construction of 1999 revisions. The enactment of the 1999 revisions to this article 10 does not constitute substantially changed circumstances for the purposes of modifying decrees involving child custody, parenting time, or grandparent or great-grandparent family time. Any action to modify any decree involving child custody, parenting time, grandparent or great-grandparent family time, or a parenting plan is governed by the provisions of this article 10.
C.R.S. § 14-13-305 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 14-13-305
14-13-305. Registration of child-custody determination
Status: in_force

14-13-305. Registration of child-custody determination. (1) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate district court in this state:

(a) A letter or other document requesting registration;

(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered, and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been modified; and

(c) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-209, the name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody, allocated parental responsibilities, or granted visitation or parenting time in the child-custody determination sought to be registered.

(2) On receipt of the documents required by subsection (1) of this section, the registering court shall:

(a) Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and

(b) Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section.

(3) The notice required by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section must state that:

(a) A registered determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in the same manner as a determination issued by a court of this state;

(b) A hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination must be requested within twenty-one days after service of notice; and

(c) Failure to contest the registration will result in confirmation of the child-custody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to any matter that could have been asserted.

(4) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing within twenty-one days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting registration establishes that:

(a) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under a provision of law adopted by that state that is in substantial conformity with part 2 of this article;

(b) The child-custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under part 2 of this article; or

(c) The person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with standards substantially in conformity with the standards set forth in section 14-13-108, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.

(5) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons served must be notified of the confirmation.

(6) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
C.R.S. § 14-4-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 4 / Section 14-4-101
14-4-101. Definitions
Status: repealed

14-4-101. Definitions. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-5-704 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 7 / Section 14-5-704
14-5-704. Initiation by state department of human services of support proceeding under Con
Status: in_force

14-5-704. Initiation by state department of human services of support proceeding under Convention. (a) In a support proceeding under this part 7, the state department of human services of this state shall:

(1) Transmit and receive applications; and

(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 14-5-708 (b)(2), (4), or (9);

(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;

(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
C.R.S. § 14-5-308 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-308
14-5-308. Duty of attorney general
Status: in_force

14-5-308. Duty of attorney general. (a) If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform its duties under this article or may provide those services directly to the individual.

(b) The attorney general may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
C.R.S. § 14-5-311 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 14-5-311
14-5-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents
Status: in_force

14-5-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 14-5-312, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
C.R.S. § 14-10-106 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-106
14-10-106. Dissolution of marriage - legal separation
Status: in_force

14-10-106. Dissolution of marriage - legal separation. (1) (a) The district court shall enter a decree of dissolution of marriage or a decree of legal separation when:

(I) The court finds that one of the parties has been domiciled in this state for ninety-one days next preceding the commencement of the proceeding;

(II) The court finds that the marriage is irretrievably broken; and

(III) The court finds that ninety-one days or more have elapsed since it acquired jurisdiction over the respondent either as the result of process pursuant to rule 4 of the Colorado rules of civil procedure or as the result of the act of the respondent in joining as copetitioner in the petition or in entering an appearance in any other manner.

(b) In connection with every decree of dissolution of marriage or decree of legal separation and to the extent of its jurisdiction to do so, the court shall consider, approve, or allocate parental responsibilities with respect to any child of the marriage, the support of any child of the marriage who is entitled to support, the maintenance of either spouse, and the disposition of property; but the entry of a decree with respect to parental responsibilities, support, maintenance, or disposition of property may be deferred by the court until after the entry of the decree of dissolution of marriage or the decree of legal separation upon a finding that a deferral is in the best interests of the parties.

(c) In a proceeding to dissolve a marriage or in a proceeding for legal separation or in a proceeding for declaration of invalidity, the court is deemed to have made an adjudication of the parentage of a child of the marriage if the court acts under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of section 14-5-201 and the final order:

(I) Expressly identifies a child as a "child of the marriage", "issue of the marriage", or similar words indicating that the husband is the father of the child; or

(II) Provides for support of the child by the husband unless paternity is specifically disclaimed in the order.

(d) Paternity is not adjudicated for a child not mentioned in the final order.

(2) If a party requests a decree of legal separation rather than a decree of dissolution of marriage, the court shall grant the decree in that form unless the other party objects.
C.R.S. § 14-10-126 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-126
14-10-126. Interviews
Status: in_force

14-10-126. Interviews. (1) Upon a motion, the court may interview the child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes as to the allocation of parental responsibilities. The court may permit counsel or a licensed legal paraprofessional to be present at the interview. The court shall cause a record of the interview to be made, and the interview must be made part of the record in the case. The court shall make findings in its order that explain the reason why the court granted or denied a request to interview the child in chambers.

(2) The court shall give paramount consideration to cases involving an allegation made by a child regarding domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or child sexual abuse in determining whether to grant a request to interview a child in chambers.

(3) The court may seek the advice of professional personnel whether or not they are employed on a regular basis by the court. The advice given must be in writing and must be made available by the court to counsel of record or licensed legal paraprofessional of record, parties, and other expert witnesses upon request, but the advice must otherwise be confidential, be sealed, and not be open to inspection, except by consent of the court. Counsel or a licensed legal paraprofessional may call for cross-examination of any professional personnel consulted by the court.
C.R.S. § 14-10-131 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-131
14-10-131. Modification of custody or decision-making responsibility
Status: in_force

14-10-131. Modification of custody or decision-making responsibility. (1) If a motion for modification of a custody decree or a decree allocating decision-making responsibility has been filed, whether or not it was granted, no subsequent motion may be filed within two years after disposition of the prior motion unless the court decides, on the basis of affidavits, that there is reason to believe that a continuation of the prior decree of custody or order allocating decision-making responsibility may endanger the child's physical health or significantly impair the child's emotional development.

(2) The court shall not modify a custody decree or a decree allocating decision-making responsibility unless it finds, upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior decree or that were unknown to the court at the time of the prior decree, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or the child's custodian or party to whom decision-making responsibility was allocated and that the modification is necessary to serve the best interests of the child. The trial court retains jurisdiction to modify an order allocating decision-making responsibility pursuant to this section during the pendency of an appeal. In applying these standards, the court shall retain the allocation of decision-making responsibility established by the prior decree unless:

(a) The parties agree to the modification;

(b) The child has been integrated into the family of the petitioner with the consent of the other party and such situation warrants a modification of the allocation of decision-making responsibilities;

(b.5) There has been a modification in the parenting time order pursuant to section 14-10-129, that warrants a modification of the allocation of decision-making responsibilities;

(b.7) A party has consistently consented to the other party making individual decisions for the child which decisions the party was to make individually or the parties were to make mutually; or

(c) The retention of the allocation of decision-making responsibility would endanger the child's physical health or significantly impairs the child's emotional development and the harm likely to be caused by a change of environment is outweighed by the advantage of a change to the child.
C.R.S. § 14-10-109 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-109
14-10-109. Enforcement of protection orders
Status: in_force

14-10-109. Enforcement of protection orders. The duties of peace officers enforcing orders issued pursuant to section 14-10-107 or 14-10-108 shall be in accordance with section 18-6-803.5, C.R.S., and any rules adopted by the Colorado supreme court pursuant to said section.
C.R.S. § 14-11-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-101
14-11-101. Foreign decrees - how handled
Status: in_force

14-11-101. Foreign decrees - how handled. (1) Upon the docketing in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state of exemplified copies of all the written pleadings and court orders, judgments, and decrees in a case of divorce, separate maintenance, or annulment, or for support of minor children or a spouse, or for a protection order or other court order issued for the protection of a party or parties, or for a combination of the same entered in any court of competent jurisdiction in any other state or jurisdiction having reciprocal provisions for a like enforcement of orders, judgments, or decrees entered in the state of Colorado and upon obtaining jurisdiction by personal service of process as provided by the Colorado rules of civil procedure, said court in this state shall have jurisdiction over the subject matter and of the person in like manner as if the original suit or action had been commenced in this state, and is empowered to amend, modify, set aside, and make new orders as the court may find necessary and proper so as to do justice and equity to all parties to the action according to the public policy of this state, and has the same right, power, and authority to enter orders for temporary alimony, support money, and attorney fees as in similar actions originating in this state.

(2) The courts of this state in cases of dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of marriage, or for support of minor children or a spouse, or for the protection of a party or parties by means of a protection order, however styled or designated, or for any combination of the same, where the action originated in this state, have the power to enforce the decrees, judgments, and orders of other states or jurisdictions made pursuant to statutes similar to this statute, or to amend the same, or to enter new orders to the same extent and in the same manner as though such decrees, judgments, and orders were entered in the courts of this state.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, a restraining or protection order issued by a court of any state, any Indian tribe, or any United States territory shall be enforced pursuant to section 13-14-110, C.R.S.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, a child-custody determination, as that term is defined in section 14-13-102 (3), issued by a court of another state shall be registered in accordance with section 14-13-305.
C.R.S. § 14-5-501 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 14-5-501
14-5-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
Status: in_force

14-5-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under the income-withholding law of this state without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
C.R.S. § 14-2-313 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 14-2-313
14-2-313. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act
Status: in_force

14-2-313. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act. This part 3 modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act", 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).
C.R.S. § 14-13.5-101 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.5 / Section 14-13.5-101
14-13.5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

14-13.5-101. Short title. This article may be cited as the "Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act".
C.R.S. § 14-6-112 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-6-112
14-6-112. Procedures by clerk
Status: repealed

14-6-112. Procedures by clerk. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 14-14-110 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 14 / Section 14-14-110
14-14-110. Contempt of court
Status: in_force

14-14-110. Contempt of court. (1) Evidence of noncompliance with an order for child support, or maintenance when combined with child support, in the form of an affidavit from the clerk of the court or in the form of a copy of the record of payments certified by the clerk of the court or in the form of a copy of the record of payment maintained by the family support registry is prima facie evidence of contempt of court.

(2) In determining whether or not the obligor is in contempt of court, the court may consider that the required payment has been made prior to the hearing to determine contempt or that owing to physical incapacity or other good cause the obligor was unable to furnish the support, care, and maintenance required by the order for the period of noncompliance alleged in the motion.

(3) If, after personal service of the citation and a copy of the motion and affidavit, the obligor fails to appear at the time so designated, the court may issue a warrant for the obligor's arrest. Upon issuance of the warrant, the court shall direct by endorsement thereon the amount of the bond required.

(4) Pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, where the obligor has been released upon deposit of cash, stocks, or bonds, or upon surety bond secured by property, if the obligor fails to appear in accordance with the primary condition of the bond, the court shall declare a forfeiture. Notice of the order of forfeiture shall be mailed immediately by the court to the obligor and sureties, if any, at the last-known address. If the obligor does not appear and surrender to the court having jurisdiction within thirty days after the date of the forfeiture, or within that period satisfy the court that appearance and surrender by the obligor is impossible and without the obligor's fault, the court shall enter judgment against the obligor and the sureties, if any, for the amount of the bail and costs of the court proceedings.

(5) Any moneys collected or paid upon any such execution or in any case upon said bond shall be turned over to the clerk of the court in which the bond is given to be applied to the child support obligation, including where the obligation is assigned to the department of human services pursuant to section 26-2-111 (3), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-105 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 1 / Section 14-13.7-105
14-13.7-105. Notification required of deploying parent
Status: in_force

14-13.7-105. Notification required of deploying parent. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and subject to subsection (3) of this section, in cases where there has been a prior determination of custody, a deploying parent shall notify in a record the other parent of a pending deployment not later than twelve calendar days after receiving deployment orders unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service. If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within twelve calendar days, the deploying parent shall give the notification as soon as reasonably possible.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and subject to subsection (3) of this section, each parent shall provide in a record to the other parent a plan for fulfilling that parent's share of custodial responsibility during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of the other parent, notification of deployment under subsection (1) of this section or notification of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under subsection (2) of this section may be made only to the issuing court. If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notification to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.

(4) Notification in a record under subsection (1) or (2) of this section is not required if the parents are living in the same residence and both parents have actual notice of the deployment or plan.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-503 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 5 / Section 14-13.7-503
14-13.7-503. Saving clause
Status: in_force

14-13.7-503. Saving clause. This article does not affect the validity of an interim court order concerning custodial responsibility during deployment that was entered before July 1, 2013.
C.R.S. § 14-10-132 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-10-132
14-10-132. Affidavit practice
Status: in_force

14-10-132. Affidavit practice. A party seeking the modification of a custody decree or a decree concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities shall submit, together with his or her moving papers, an affidavit setting forth facts supporting the requested modification and shall give notice, together with a copy of his or her affidavit, to other parties to the proceeding, who may file opposing affidavits. The court shall deny the motion unless it finds that adequate cause for hearing the motion is established by the affidavits, in which case it shall set a date for hearing on an order to show cause why the requested modification should not be granted.
C.R.S. § 14-13.7-311 — CO Code / Title 14 / Article 13.7 / Part 3 / Section 14-13.7-311
14-13.7-311. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent
Status: in_force

14-13.7-311. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent. (1) Except for an order under section 14-13.7-305, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, and consistent with the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act", 50 U.S.C. appendix sections 521 and 522, on motion of a deploying or other parent or any nonparent to whom caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact has been granted, the court may modify or terminate the grant if the modification or termination is consistent with this part 3 and it is in the best interest of the child. A modification is an interim modification and terminates pursuant to part 4 of this article after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the grant has been terminated before that time by court order.

(2) On motion of a deploying parent, the court shall terminate a grant of limited contact, unless it is not in the best interests of the child.