Title 14, Domestic Matters

(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 ci…

(1) When both parties to a proposed civil union complete a civil union application and at least one party appears, or both parties appeared if permitted pursuant to section 14-2-106.5, before the county clerk and recorder and pays to the county clerk and recorder the civil union …

(1) A county clerk and recorder may permit the parties to a proposed civil union to satisfy the requirement to appear before the county clerk and recorder by an interactive audiovisual communication technology or online functionality, for the following limited purposes: (a) To ve…

The county clerk and recorder shall issue a civil union license 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 shall show the exact date and hour of the license's issue. New civil union licenses issued …

(1) A civil union may be certified by a judge of a court, by a district court magistrate, by a county court magistrate, by a retired judge of a court, by the parties to the civil union, or in accordance with any mode of recognition of a civil union by any religious denomination o…

Persons authorized by section 14-15-112 to certify civil unions shall require a civil union license from the parties before certifying the civil union. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 154, § 1, effective May 1.

A copy of the civil union certificate received from the county clerk and recorder or a record of the civil union received from the state registrar is presumptive evidence of the civil union in all courts. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 154, § 1, ef…

(1) Any person who enters into a civil union in Colorado 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. (2) The district court has jurisdiction over all proc…

(1) Repealed. (2) Under principles of comity, a civil union, domestic partnership, or substantially similar legal relationship between two persons that is legally created in another jurisdiction shall be deemed to be a civil union for purposes of Colorado law as set forth in this…

(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 requir…

This article 15 does not create a marriage between the parties to a civil union. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 155, § 1, effective May 1. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (SB 25-014), ch. 51, p. 226, § 4, effective April 7.

(1) When parties who have entered into a civil union pursuant to this article subsequently marry, the effect is a merger of the two relationship statuses. Once merged, the civil union terminates as of the date of the solemnization of the marriage or determination of a common law …

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such 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 p…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Parenting Time Enforcement Act". Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 972, § 2, effective August 6.

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that in most situations it is important to the healthy development of children that the children spend quality time with both parents. The general assembly further finds that due to dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and childre…

(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 pro…

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act". Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 767, § 1, effective May 14.

In this article: (1) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child. (2) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less than 18 years of age. (3) "Child-custody determination" means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the le…

Sections 14-13-110, 14-13-111, and 14-13-112 shall apply to cooperation and communications among courts in proceedings under this article. Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 768, § 1, effective May 14. OFFICIAL COMMENT It is possible, even likely, that abduction situations…

(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 ri…

(1) A petition under this article 13.5 may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the child at issue under the "Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act", article 13 of this title 14. A court with jurisdi…

(1) A petition under this article must be verified and include a copy of any existing child-custody determination, if available. The petition must specify the risk factors for abduction, including the relevant factors described in section 14-13.5-107. Subject to section 14-13-209…

(1) In determining whether there is a credible risk of abduction of a child, the court shall consider any evidence that the petitioner or respondent: (a) Has previously abducted or attempted to abduct the child; (b) Has threatened to abduct the child; (c) Has recently engaged in …

(1) If a petition is filed under this article, the court may enter an order that must include: (a) The basis for the court's exercise of jurisdiction; (b) The manner in which notice and opportunity to be heard were given to the persons entitled to notice of the proceeding; (c) A …

(1) If a petition under this article contains allegations, and the court finds that there is a credible risk that the child is imminently likely to be wrongfully removed, the court may issue an ex parte warrant to take physical custody of the child. (2) The respondent on a petiti…

(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 …

In applying and construing this uniform act, 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. 2007: Entire article added, p. 775, § 1, effective May 14.

This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act", 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of the act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001(c), of that act or authorize electronic del…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act". Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (HB 13-1200), ch. 174, p. 624, § 2, effective May 10.

In this article 13.7: (1) "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age or who is an emancipated minor. (2) "Caretaking authority" means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to-day basis. The term includes physical custody, parenting time, rig…

(1) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under this article only if the court has jurisdiction under article 13 of this title. (2) If a court has issued an interim order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to part 3 of this article, the residence …

(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 tw…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted during deployment pursuant to part 2 or 3 of this article shall notify the deploying parent and any other individual with custodial responsibility o…

In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a service member, a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in itself may not serve as the sole basis in determining the best interest of the child. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting…

(1) The parents of a child may enter into an interim agreement under this article granting custodial responsibility during deployment. (2) An agreement under subsection (1) of this section must be: (a) In writing; and (b) Signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial…

(1) An agreement under this part 2 is an interim agreement and terminates pursuant to part 4 of this article after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order or modification under section 14-13.7-203. The…

(1) By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to this part 2. (2) If an agreement is modified under subsection (1) of this section before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing…

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 …

An agreement or power of attorney under this part 2 must be filed within a reasonable time with any court that has entered an order on custodial responsibility or child support that is in effect concerning the child who is the subject of the agreement or power. The case number an…

In this part 3, "close and substantial relationship" means a relationship between a child and a nonparent who has had physical care of the child for more than one hundred eighty-two days. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (HB 13-1200), ch. 174, p. 630, § 2, effective May 10.…

(1) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, a court may issue an interim order, consistent with the best interests of the child, granting custodial responsibility, unless prohibited by the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act", 50 U…

If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed under section 14-13.7-302 (2) before a deploying parent deploys, the court shall conduct an expedited hearing. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (HB 13-1200), ch. 174, p. 631, § 2, effective May 10.

In a proceeding under this part 3, a party or witness who is not reasonably available to appear personally may appear, provide testimony, and present evidence by electronic means unless the court finds good cause to require a personal appearance. Source: L. 2013: Entire article a…

(1) In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant to this part 3, the following rules apply: (a) A prior judicial order designating custodial responsibility in the event of deployment is binding on the court unless the circumstances meet the requirements of law…

(1) On motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with law of this state other than this article, if it is in the best interest of the child, a court may grant caretaking authority to a nonparent who is an adult family member of the child or an adult with whom the child has a…

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 a…