§ 14-2-302 — Definitions

Colorado § 14-2-302

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 14: Domestic
• Art.: Marriage and Rights

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In this part 3:

(1) Amendment means a modification or revocation of a premarital
agreement or marital agreement.

(2) Marital agreement means an agreement between spouses who intend
to remain married which affirms, modifies, or waives a marital right or obligation
during the marriage or at legal separation, marital dissolution, death of one of the
spouses, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event. The term includes
an amendment, signed after the spouses marry, of a premarital agreement or
marital agreement.

(3) Marital dissolution means the ending of a marriage by court decree. The
term includes a divorce, dissolution, and annulment.

(4) Marital right or obligation means any of the following rights or
obligations arising between spouses because of their marital status:

(a) Spousal maintenance;

(b) A right to property, including characterization, management, and
ownership;

(c) Responsibility for a liability;

(d) A right to property and responsibility for liabilities at legal separation,
marital dissolution, or death of a spouse; or

(e) An award and allocation of attorney's fees and costs.

(5) Premarital agreement means an agreement between individuals who
intend to marry which affirms, modifies, or waives a marital right or obligation
during the marriage or at legal separation, marital dissolution, death of one of the
spouses, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event. The term includes
an amendment, signed before the individuals marry, of a premarital agreement.

(6) Property means anything that may be the subject of ownership,
whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, legal or equitable, or any interest
therein, including income and earnings.

(7) 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.

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

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

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

(9) 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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire part R&RE, (HB 13-1204), ch. 239, p. 1159, � 1, effective July 1, 2014.