When filing a petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, a petition in support or proceedings for the allocation of parental responsibilities with respect to the children of the marriage, or any other matter pursuant to this article 10 with the court, if the parties have joint legal responsibility for a child for whom the petition seeks an order of child support, the parties are required to indicate on a form prepared by the court whether or not the parties or the dependent children of the parties have received within the last five years or are currently receiving benefits or public assistance from either the state department of human services or county department of human or social services. If the parties indicate that they have received such benefits or assistance, the court shall inform the appropriate delegate child support enforcement unit so that the unit can determine whether any support enforcement services are required. There is no penalty for failure to report as specified in this section.
Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 202, § 8, effective August 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1558, § 6, effective September 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2644, § 106, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1396, § 36, effective February 1, 1999. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 400, § 13, effective August 8.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 10 - Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act
§ 14-10-102. Purposes - Rules of Construction
§ 14-10-103. Definitions and Interpretation of Terms
§ 14-10-104. Uniformity of Application and Construction
§ 14-10-104.5. Legislative Declaration
§ 14-10-105. Application of Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure
§ 14-10-106. Dissolution of Marriage - Legal Separation
§ 14-10-107.7. Required Notice of Involvement With State Department of Human Services
§ 14-10-108. Temporary Orders in a Dissolution Case
§ 14-10-109. Enforcement of Protection Orders
§ 14-10-110. Irretrievable Breakdown
§ 14-10-111. Declaration of Invalidity
§ 14-10-112. Separation Agreement
§ 14-10-113. Disposition of Property - Definitions
§ 14-10-114. Spousal Maintenance - Advisory Guidelines - Legislative Declaration - Definitions
§ 14-10-117. Payment of Maintenance or Child Support
§ 14-10-118. Enforcement of Orders
§ 14-10-120.2. Ex-Parte Request for Restoration of Prior Name of Party
§ 14-10-120.3. Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation Upon Affidavit - Requirements
§ 14-10-120.5. Petition - Fee - Assessment - Displaced Homemakers Fund
§ 14-10-121. Independence of Provisions of Decree or Temporary Order
§ 14-10-123.3. Requests for Parental Responsibility for a Child by Grandparents
§ 14-10-123.4. Rights of Children in Matters Relating to Parental Responsibilities
§ 14-10-123.7. Parental Education - Legislative Declaration
§ 14-10-123.8. Access to Records
§ 14-10-124. Best Interests of the Child
§ 14-10-127. Evaluation and Reports - Training and Qualifications of Evaluators - Disclosure
§ 14-10-128.1. Appointment of Parenting Coordinator - Disclosure
§ 14-10-128.3. Appointment of Decision-Maker - Disclosure
§ 14-10-128.5. Appointment of Arbitrator - De Novo Hearing of Award
§ 14-10-129. Modification of Parenting Time
§ 14-10-129.5. Disputes Concerning Parenting Time
§ 14-10-130. Judicial Supervision
§ 14-10-131. Modification of Custody or Decision-Making Responsibility
§ 14-10-131.7. Designation of Custody for the Purpose of Other State and Federal Statutes
§ 14-10-131.8. Construction of 1999 Revisions