A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under sections 14-5-601 through 14-5-608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
Source: L. 2015: Entire part amended, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 561, § 31, effective July 1.
COMMENT
The procedure for registration and enforcement set forth in Sections 601 through 608 is applicable to a child-support order from a non-Convention country. This section provides coverage for modification in that situation. Presumptively, the general law of the state regarding modification of a child-support order will apply because, by their terms, Sections 609 through 614 apply only to modification of a child-support order by a state tribunal. The rationale is that modification is available because the foreign order is not founded on the UIFSA principles of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and a controlling order. See Sections 205 through 207.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 5 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Part 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
§ 14-5-601. Registration of Order for Enforcement
§ 14-5-602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement
§ 14-5-603. Effect of Registration for Enforcement
§ 14-5-605. Notice of Registration of Order
§ 14-5-606. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order
§ 14-5-607. Contest of Registration or Enforcement
§ 14-5-609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification
§ 14-5-610. Effect of Registration for Modification
§ 14-5-611. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State
§ 14-5-612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State
§ 14-5-614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification
§ 14-5-615. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country
§ 14-5-616. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification