§ 14-10-117 — Payment of maintenance or child support

(1) Upon its own
motion or upon motion of either party, the court may at any time order that
maintenance or child support payments be made to the clerk of the court or, if the
executive director of the department of human services has notified the state court
administrator that the judicial district issuing the order is ready to participate in the
family support registry pursuant to section 26-13-114 (5), C.R.S., and, for payments
for maintenance obligations, the family support registry is ready to accept
maintenance payments, through the family support registry, as trustee, for
remittance to the person entitled to receive the payments. The court may not order
payments to be made to the clerk of the court once payments may be made through
the family support registry. The payments shall be due on a certain date or dates of
each month. If the support payments are required under this section, title 19, C.R.S.,
or section 26-13-114 (1), C.R.S., to be made through the family support registry, the
court shall order that payments be made through the registry in accordance with
the procedures specified in section 26-13-114, C.R.S.

(2) The clerk of the court shall maintain records listing the amount of
payments, the date when payments are required to be made, and the names and
addresses of the parties affected by the order for those payments he or she
receives through the court registry.

(3) If payments are to be made through the family support registry, the
parties affected by the order shall inform the family support registry, and if
payments are to be made through the court registry, the parties affected by the
order shall inform the clerk of the court of any change of address or of other
conditions that may affect the administration of the order.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 98, p. 756, � 6, effective July 1, 1998.)

(5) and (6) Repealed.

(7) In cases in which a party is ordered to make payments through the court
registry, upon receipt of a verified notice of a support obligation assigned to the
state, the clerk of the court shall, without further action by the court, pay the
support to the county child support enforcement unit rather than to the obligee.
When the state no longer has authorization to receive any support payments, the
county child support enforcement unit shall notify the clerk of the court to stop
sending the support payments to the county and to send the support payments
directly to the obligee.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 527, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 46-1-17. L. 77: (4) amended, p. 824, � 1, effective May 24. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 724, � 2, effective July 1. L. 88: (7) added, p. 632, � 6, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1414, � 13, effective June 8. L. 98: (1), (2), (3), (4), and (7) amended, p. 756, � 6, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 1091, � 11, effective July 1. L. 2005: (5) and (6) repealed, p. 498, � 1, effective August 8.