§ 14-10-120.5 — Petition - fee - assessment - displaced homemakers fund

Colorado § 14-10-120.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 14: Domestic
• Art.: Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act

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(1)
There shall be assessed against a nonindigent petitioner a fee of five dollars for
each filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, declaration of invalidity of
marriage, legal separation, or declaratory judgment concerning the status of
marriage. All such fees collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for
deposit in the displaced homemakers fund created pursuant to section 8-15.5-108,
C.R.S.

(1.5) There shall be assessed against a nonindigent petitioner a fee of five
dollars for each filing of a petition for dissolution of a civil union, declaration of
invalidity of a civil union, legal separation, or declaratory judgment concerning the
status of a civil union. All such fees collected shall be transmitted to the state
treasurer for deposit in the displaced homemakers fund created pursuant to section
8-15.5-108, C.R.S.

(2) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the fee in subsection (1) or (1.5)
of this section, the chief justice of the supreme court by rule or as otherwise
provided by law may reduce the amount of the fee if necessary pursuant to section
24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all
or any portion of the fee is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are
sufficiently reduced, the chief justice by rule or as otherwise provided by law may
increase the amount of the fee as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire section added, p. 455, � 2, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1330, � 40, effective June 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-038), ch. 119, p. 498, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 163, � 15, effective May 1.