Colorado § 14-5-705 Direct request

Colorado Statutes

§ 14-5-705 — Direct request

Colorado § 14-5-705

Title 14Domestic

Art.Uniform Interstate Family

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-705 (2026).

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(a)A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b)A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 14-5-706 through 14-5-713 apply.

(c)In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:

(1)A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and

(2)An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefitted from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by th

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(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking
establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a
child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and
enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections
14-5-706 through 14-5-713 apply.

(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention
support order or foreign support agreement:

(1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of
costs and expenses; and

(2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefitted from free
legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free
legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same
circumstances.

(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the
state child support services agency in the state department of human services.

(e) This part 7 does not prevent the application of laws of this state that
provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition
and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.