Title 14, Domestic Matters
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1519, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 14-13-101 as it existed prior to 2000.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Abandoned means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. (2) Child means an individual who has not attained eighteen years of age. (3) Child-custody determination means a judgme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-103 Proceedings governed by other law
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This article does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1521, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-104 International application of article
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(1) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying this part 1 and part 2 of this article. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, a child-custody determination made in a forei…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-105 Effect of child-custody determination
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A child-custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this article binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with section 14-13-108 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-106 Priority
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If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this article is raised in a child-custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1521, � 1, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-107 (Reserved)
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C.R.S. 14-13-107Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-108 Notice to persons outside state
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(1) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this state for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice must be given in a manner reasonably calcul…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-109 Appearance and limited immunity
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(1) A party to a child-custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child-custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose solely by re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-110 Communication between courts
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(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this article. (2) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to participate in the communication, they must be given…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-111 Taking testimony in another state
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(1) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child-custody proceeding or other legal representative of the child may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-112 Cooperation between courts - preservation of records
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-201 Initial child-custody jurisdiction
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-204, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if: (a) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the chil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-202 Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-204, a court of this state that has made a child-custody determination consistent with section 14-13-201 or 14-13-203 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until: (a) A court of this state determines that t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-203 Jurisdiction to modify determination
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-204, a court of this state may not modify a child-custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 14-13-201 (1)(a) or 14-13-201 (1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-204 Temporary emergency jurisdiction
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(1) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-205 Notice - opportunity to be heard - joinder
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(1) Before a child-custody determination is made under this article, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of section 14-13-108 must be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child-custody proceedings between res…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-206 Simultaneous proceedings
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-204, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under this part 2 if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been commenced in a court of another state …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-207 Inconvenient forum
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(1) A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this article to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-208 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-204, or by other law of this state, if a person seeking to invoke the jurisdiction of a court of this state under this article has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: (a) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-209 Information to be submitted to court
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(1) Subject to a court order allowing a party to maintain the confidentiality of addresses and other identifying information and to subsection (5) of this section, in a child-custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-210 Appearance of parties and child
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(1) In a child-custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who has physical custody or control of the c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Petitioner means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for the return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determinatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-302 Enforcement under Hague Convention
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Under this part 3 a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child-custody determination. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1531, � 1, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-303 Duty to enforce
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(1) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child-custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this article or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-304 Temporary visitation or parenting time
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(1) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (a) A visitation or parenting time schedule made by a court of another state; or (b) The visitation or parenting time provisions of a child-cus…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-305 Registration of child-custody determination
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(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) Tw…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-306 Enforcement of registered determination
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-307 Simultaneous proceedings
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If a proceeding for enforcement under this part 3 is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under a provision of law adopted b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-308 Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination
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(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 certifi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-309 Service of petition and order
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Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1535, � 1, effective July 1.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-310 Hearing and order
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(1) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to section 14-13-204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-311 Warrant to take physical custody of child
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(1) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child-custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or be remo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-312 Costs, fees, and expenses
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(1) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the prevailing party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses, and child ca…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-313 Recognition and enforcement
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A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this article that enforces a child-custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdict…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-314 Appeals
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An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this part 3 in accordance with expedited appellate procedures in other civil cases. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section 14-13-204, the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-401 Application and construction
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In applying and construing this article, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1537, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-402 Severability clause
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If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-13-403 Transitional provision
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A motion or other request for relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody determination that was commenced before July 1, 2000, is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made. Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. …