§ 14-13.7-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 14-13.7-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 14: Domestic
• Art.: Uniform Deployed Parents

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In this article 13.7:

(1) Adult means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age or
who is an emancipated minor.

(2) Caretaking authority means the right to live with and care for a child on
a day-to-day basis. The term includes physical custody, parenting time, right to
access, and visitation.

(3) Child means:

(a) An unemancipated individual who has not attained eighteen years of age;
or

(b) An adult son or daughter by birth or adoption, or under law of this state
other than this article, who is the subject of a court order concerning custodial
responsibility.

(4) Court means a tribunal, including an administrative agency, authorized
under law of this state other than this article to make, enforce, or modify a decision
regarding custodial responsibility.

(5) Custodial responsibility includes all powers and duties relating to
caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. The term includes
physical custody, legal custody, parenting time, right to access, visitation, and
authority to grant limited contact with a child.

(6) Decision-making authority means the power to make major decisions
regarding a child, including decisions regarding the child's education, religious
training, health care, extracurricular activities, and travel. The term does not
include the power to make decisions that necessarily accompany a grant of
caretaking authority.

(7) Deploying parent means a service member who is deployed or has been
notified of impending deployment and is:

(a) A parent of a child under law of this state other than this article; or

(b) An individual who has custodial responsibility for a child under law of this
state other than this article.

(8) Deployment means the movement or mobilization of a service member
for more than ninety days but less than eighteen months pursuant to uniformed
service orders that:

(a) Are designated as unaccompanied;

(b) Do not authorize dependent travel; or

(c) Otherwise do not permit the movement of family members to the location
to which the service member is deployed.

(8.5) Deployment order means a record provided by a uniformed service to
a service member directing a deployment.

(9) Family member means a sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, stepparent, or
grandparent of a child or an individual recognized to be in a familial relationship
with a child under law of this state other than this article.

(10) Limited contact means the authority of a nonparent to visit a child for a
limited time. The term includes authority to take the child to a place other than the
residence of the child.

(11) Nonparent means an individual other than a deploying parent or other
parent.

(12) Other parent means an individual who, in common with a deploying
parent, is:

(a) A parent of a child under law of this state other than this article; or

(b) An individual who has custodial responsibility for a child under law of this
state other than this article.

(13) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable
form.

(14) Return from deployment means the conclusion of a service member's
deployment as specified in uniformed service orders.

(15) Service member means a member of a uniformed service.

(16) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(a) To execute or adopt with a tangible symbol; or

(b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol,
sound, or process.

(17) State means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(18) Uniformed service means:

(a) Active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard of the United States;

(b) The United States merchant marine;

(c) The commissioned corps of the United States public health service;

(d) The commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration of the United States; or

(e) The National Guard of a state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (HB 13-1200), ch. 174, p. 624, � 2, effective May 10. L. 2021: IP and (18)(a) amended, (HB 21-1231), ch. 206, p. 1077, � 4, effective May 28.