Colorado Code
Article 14 - Civil Protection Orders
§ 13-14-101. Definitions

For purposes of this article 14, unless the context otherwise requires:






(1.5) "Adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older.
(1.7) "Contact" or "contacting" means any interaction or communication with another person, directly or indirectly through a third party, and electronic and digital forms of communication, including but not limited to interaction or communication through social media.



(2.2) "Minor child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(2.3) "Protected person" means the person or persons identified in a protection order as the person or persons for whose benefit the protection order was issued.






(2.8) "Restrained person" means a person identified in a protection order as a person prohibited from doing a specified act or acts.
(2.9) "Sexual assault or abuse" means any act, attempted act, or threatened act of unlawful sexual behavior, as described in section 16-11.7-102 (3), C.R.S., by any person against another person regardless of the relationship between the actor and the petitioner.


Source: L. 99: Entire article added, p. 495, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1012, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2003: IP(1) amended and (2.3), (2.4), and (2.8) added, p. 995, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1.5) and (2.2) added and (2.4) amended, p. 544, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1)(e), (2), IP(2.4)(a), and (2.4)(a)(IV) amended and (1)(f) added, (SB 10-080), ch. 78, p. 264, § 1, effective July 1; (3) amended, (HB 10-1233), ch. 88, p. 295, § 3, effective August 11. L. 2013: (1.7) and (2.9) added and (2), IP(2.4)(a), (2.4)(a)(IV), (2.4)(b), and (3) amended, (HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1002, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2020: IP and IP(1) amended, (HB 20-1302), ch. 265, p. 1274, § 7, effective September 14. L. 2021: (2.4)(a)(I) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 710, § 13, effective October 1.