2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 14 - DOMESTIC MATTERS (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-15-119) › DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE - PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES (§§ 14-10-101 — 14-13.7-504) › Article 10 - UNIFORM DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ACT (§§ 14-10-101 — 14-10-133) › Section 14-10-108 - [Effective until 8/7/2024] 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. 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
, C.R.S., the court shall inquire about, and the requesting party and such party's attorney shall have an independent duty to disclose, knowledge such party and such party's attorney 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.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 218, §17, eff. 7/1/2013.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 522, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-1-8. L. 73: pp. 553, 555, §§ 3, 12. L. 81: (6) added, p. 903, § 1, effective May 13. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 644, § 1, effective April 26; (1.5) added, p. 645, § 1, effective June 10. L. 87: (1.5) amended, p. 575, § 4, effective July 1. L. 94: (2.5) and (7) added and (3) amended, p. 2008, § 4, effective 1/1/1995. L. 98: (2.3) added and (3) amended, p. 245, § 4, effective April 13; (1) and (2.5) amended, p. 1396, § 37, effective 2/1/1999. L. 99: (2.3) amended, p. 501, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1.5) amended, p. 1844, § 24, effective August 2. L. 2003: (2.3), (2.5), (3), (6), and (7) amended, p. 1010, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2004: IP(2), (2.3), (2.5), (3), (4), (6), and (7) amended, p. 553, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2013: (3) and (7) amended, (HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1016, § 17, effective July 1.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.