Colorado § 14-5-201 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

Colorado Statutes

§ 14-5-201 — Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

Colorado § 14-5-201

Title 14Domestic

Art.Uniform Interstate Family

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-201 (2026).

Text

(a)In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:

(1)The individual is personally served with a summons within this state;

(2)The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3)The individual resided with the child in this state;

(4)The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

(5)The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

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(a) In a proceeding to
establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal
of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the
individual's guardian or conservator if:

(1) The individual is personally served with a summons within this state;

(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a
record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having
the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3) The individual resided with the child in this state;

(4) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or
support for the child;

(5) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the
individual;

(6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child
may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or

(7) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and
the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this
section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal
jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another
state unless the requirements of section 14-5-611 are met, or in the case of a
foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 14-5-615 are met.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1584, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1244, � 3, effective July 1, 2004. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 547, � 5, effective July 1.