§ 19-4-126. Uniformity of Application and Construction
This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among states enacting it. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 800, § 1, effective October 1. Editor’s note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and […]
§ 19-4-127. Severability
If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this article are severable. Source: L. 87: […]
§ 19-4-128. Right to Trial to Court
Any party may demand a trial to the court to determine the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship. No party may demand a jury trial, and notwithstanding any demand which may have been made, trial shall be to the court and not to a jury. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. […]
§ 19-4-129. Child Support – Guidelines – Schedule of Basic Support Obligations
The provisions of section 14-10-115, C.R.S., shall apply to all child support obligations, established or modified, as part of any proceeding under this article, whether filed on or subsequent to July 1, 1988. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 746, § 15, effective July 1.
§ 19-4-130. Temporary Orders
Upon the filing of any proceeding under this article or under article 13.5 of title 26, C.R.S., the court shall, as soon as practicable, enter a temporary or permanent order allocating parental responsibilities that shall allocate the decision-making responsibility and parenting time of the child until further order of the court. Subsection (1) of this […]
§ 19-4-102. Parent and Child Relationship Defined
As used in this article, “parent and child relationship” means the legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. “Parent and child relationship” includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship. Source: L. 87: […]
§ 19-4-103. Relationship Not Dependent on Marriage
The parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 793, § 1, effective October 1. Editor’s note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, […]
§ 19-4-104. How Parent and Child Relationship Established
The parent and child relationship may be established between a child and the natural mother by proof of her having given birth to the child or by any other proof specified in this article, between a child and the natural father pursuant to the provisions of this article, or between a child and an adoptive […]
§ 19-4-105. Presumption of Paternity
A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if: He and the child’s natural mother are or have been married to each other and the child is born during the marriage, within three hundred days after the marriage is terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity of marriage, dissolution of marriage, […]
§ 19-4-105.5. Commencement of Proceedings – Summons – Automatic Temporary Injunction – Enforcement
All proceedings under this article shall be commenced in the manner provided by the Colorado rules of civil procedure or as otherwise provided in this section or section 26-13.5-104, C.R.S. Upon commencement of a proceeding under this article by one of the parties, the other parties shall be served in the manner set forth in […]