Colorado Code
Part 3 - Records and Information
§ 19-1-303. General Provisions - Delinquency and Dependency and Neglect Cases - Exchange of Information - Civil Penalty - Rules - Definitions

(4.4) The judicial department, with respect to dependency or neglect cases or any other provisions under this title, shall exchange information, to the extent necessary, with the state child support enforcement agency and the delegate child support enforcement units for the purposes of effectively locating responsible parties, establishing paternity and child support, including child support debt pursuant to section 14-14-104 , C.R.S., enforcing support orders, disbursing collected child support payments, and facilitating the efficient and effective delivery of services under articles 13 and 13.5 of title 26, C.R.S.
(4.7) Any person who knowingly violates the confidentiality provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars. (5) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of other statutory provisions of law pertaining to the release of information. Access to or exchange of information not otherwise addressed by this section is governed as otherwise provided by law. (6) For purposes of this section:

Source: L. 96: Entire part added with relocations, p. 1156, § 6, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 315, § 2, effective April 7. L. 2001: (2)(c) amended, p. 870, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2002: (2.5) amended, p. 575, § 5, effective May 24. L. 2003: (4.4) added, p. 1267, § 56, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2.7) added, p. 973, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2007: (8), (9), and (10) added, p. 1300, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1), (8), (9), and (10) amended, p. 1242, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2016: (5) amended, (HB 16-1098), ch. 103, p. 297, § 1, effective April 15. L. 2017: (2.5)(b) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1309, § 151, effective May 25; (2.6) added, (SB 17-028), ch. 332, p. 1783, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2018: (11) added, (HB 18-1348), ch. 325, p. 1960, § 1, effective May 30.
Editor's note: Subsection (6)(c) was originally enacted as subsection (6)(a.7) in House Bill 00-1119 but was renumbered on revision in 2003 for ease of location.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.