(1.5) If a motion for a substantial modification of parenting time which also changes the party with whom the child resides a majority of the time has been filed, whether or not it has been granted, no subsequent motion may be filed within two years after disposition of the prior motion unless the court decides, on the basis of affidavits, that the child's present environment may endanger the child's physical health or significantly impair the child's emotional development or that the party with whom the child resides a majority of the time is intending to relocate with the child to a residence that substantially changes the geographical ties between the child and the other party.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 531, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-1-29. L. 73: p. 554, § 11. L. 88: (3) added, p. 643, § 1, effective March 15. L. 89: (4) and (5) added, p. 803, § 2, effective April 27. L. 90: (3)(a) amended, p. 902, § 1, effective March 16. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 261, § 2, effective May 31. L. 93: (1), (2), (3)(a), and (4) amended, p. 578, § 11, effective July 1. L. 98: (1), (2), and (3)(a) amended and (1.5) added, p. 1387, § 15, effective February 1, 1999. L. 2000: (3)(b)(IV), (3)(b)(V), and (3)(b)(VI) amended, p. 701, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1), (1.5), and (2) amended, p. 761, § 1, effective September 1. L. 2008: (3)(a) amended and (3)(c) added, p. 1636, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2010: (3)(b)(XI) amended, (SB 10-140), ch. 156, p. 537, § 3, effective April 21; IP(2)(c) amended, (HB 10-1135), ch. 87, p. 291, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2012: (3)(a) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 833, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2013: IP(2)(c) and (4) amended, (HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1000, § 4, effective July 1; (1)(b)(I) amended, (HB 13-1243), ch. 124, p. 418, § 2, effective August 7. L. 2014: (1)(b)(I) amended, (HB 14-1362), ch. 374, p. 1789, § 4, effective June 6; (2.5) added, (HB 14-1162), ch. 167, p. 594, § 8, effective July 1; (3)(b)(XI) amended, (HB 14-1273), ch. 282, p. 1152, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1)(a)(I) amended, (HB 21-1031), ch. 116, p. 450, § 3, effective May 7.
Editor's note: Section 8 of chapter 116 (HB 21-1031), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to any request to modify an order appealed on, after, or before May 7, 2021.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending subsections (1), (2), (3)(a), and (4), see section 1 of chapter 165, Session Laws of Colorado 1993. For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1031, see section 1 of chapter 116, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
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