(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the juvenile
court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings:
(a) Concerning any child committing a delinquent act, as defined in section
19-2.5-102;
(b) Concerning any child who is neglected or dependent, as set forth in
section 19-3-102;
(c) To determine the legal custody of any child or to appoint a guardian of
the person or legal custodian of any child who comes within the juvenile court's
jurisdiction under provisions of this section, and may also enter findings and orders
as described in section 14-10-123 (1.5) and section 15-14-204 (2.5);
(d) To terminate the legal parent-child relationship;
(e) For the issuance of orders of support under article 6 of this title;
(f) To determine the parentage of a child and to make an order of support in
connection therewith;
(g) For the adoption of a person of any age;
(h) For judicial consent to the marriage, employment, or enlistment of a child,
when such consent is required by law;
(i) For the treatment or commitment pursuant to article 23 of title 17 and
part 2 of article 10 of title 25.5 of a child who has a behavioral or mental health
disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability and who comes within the
court's jurisdiction under other provisions of this section;
(j) Under the interstate compact on juveniles, part 7 of article 60 of title 24,
C.R.S.;
(k) To make a determination concerning a petition filed pursuant to the
School Attendance Law of 1963, article 33 of title 22, C.R.S., and to enforce any
lawful order of court made thereunder;
(l) To make a determination concerning a petition for review of need for
placement in accordance with the provisions of section 19-1-115 (8);
(m) To decide the appeal of any child found to be in contempt of a municipal
court located within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, if confinement of the child
is ordered by the municipal court;
(n) Concerning any youth who is voluntarily participating in the foster youth
in transition program established in section 19-7-303.
(1.5) A juvenile court exercising jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (1)(a),
(1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(f), or (1)(g) of this section may enter special immigrant juvenile status
findings, as defined in section 19-1-103, establishing eligibility for classification as a
special immigrant juvenile under federal law.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the juvenile court shall have
jurisdiction in proceedings concerning any adult who abuses, ill-treats, neglects, or
abandons a child who comes within the court's jurisdiction under other provisions of
this section.
(3) (a) Upon hearing after prior notice to the child's parent, guardian, or legal
custodian, the court may issue temporary orders providing for legal custody,
protection, support, medical evaluation or medical treatment, surgical treatment,
psychological evaluation or psychological treatment, or dental treatment as it
deems in the best interest of any child concerning whom a petition has been filed
prior to adjudication or disposition of his case.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the
court may, on the basis of a report that a child's welfare may be endangered, and if
the court believes that a medical evaluation or emergency medical or surgical
treatment is reasonably necessary, issue ex parte emergency orders. Where the
need for a medical evaluation or medical or surgical emergency orders arises and
the court is not in regular session, the judge or magistrate may give oral or
telephone authorization for the necessary medical evaluation or emergency
medical, surgical, or hospital care, which authorization shall have the same force
and effect as if written, the same to be followed by a written order to enter on the
first regular court day thereafter. Such written order shall make specific findings of
fact that such emergency existed. Prior to the entry of any emergency order,
reasonable effort shall be made to notify the parents, guardian, or other legal
custodian for the purpose of gaining consent for such care; except that, if such
consent cannot be secured and the child's welfare so requires, the court may
authorize needed medical evaluation or emergency medical, surgical, or hospital
care. Such ex parte emergency orders shall expire twenty-four hours after
issuance; except that, at any time during such twenty-four-hour period, the parents,
guardian, or other legal custodian may apply for a hearing to set aside the ex parte
emergency order.
(4) Nothing in this section shall deprive the district court of jurisdiction to
appoint a guardian for a child nor of jurisdiction to determine the legal custody of a
child upon writ of habeas corpus or when the question of legal custody is incidental
to the determination of a cause in the district court; except that:
(a) If a petition involving the same child is pending in juvenile court or if
continuing jurisdiction has been previously acquired by the juvenile court, the
district court shall certify the question of legal custody to the juvenile court; and
(b) The district court at any time may request the juvenile court to make
recommendations pertaining to guardianship or legal custody.
(5) Where a custody award or an order allocating parental responsibilities
with respect to a child has been made in a district court in a dissolution of marriage
action or another proceeding and the jurisdiction of the district court in the case is
continuing, the juvenile court may take jurisdiction in a case involving the same
child if the child comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The juvenile
court shall provide notice in compliance with the Colorado rules of civil procedure;
except that service must be effected not less than seven business days prior to the
hearing. The notice must be written in clear language stating that the hearing
concerns the allocation of parental responsibilities. When creating or modifying an
existing order, the juvenile court shall proceed as set forth in subsection (6) of this
section for a dependency and neglect proceeding pursuant to article 3 of this title
19, or as set forth in subsection (8) of this section for a juvenile delinquency case
pursuant to article 2.5 of this title 19.
(6) (a) When a district court in this state does not have continuing jurisdiction
over a child custody proceeding concerning the child, or a juvenile court in this
state maintains jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and the
Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, article 13 of title 14, the
juvenile court has jurisdiction to enter a permanent order allocating parental
responsibilities and addressing parenting time and child support matters upon the
petition of a party if:
(I) All parents, legal guardians, and legal custodians have an adjudication
pursuant to section 19-3-505 (7) or continued adjudication pursuant to section 19-3-505 (5) entered by a court; or
(II) At least one parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian has an adjudication
pursuant to section 19-3-505 (7) or continued adjudication pursuant to section 19-3-505 (5) and other parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians who do not have an
adjudication or continued adjudication consent to jurisdiction.
(b) The parent or person other than a parent with whom the child resides the
majority of the time pursuant to the juvenile court's order shall file a certified copy
of the order in the district court in the county where the child is permanently
resident. Such order must be treated in the district court as any other decree issued
in a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities.
(7) Upon motion of the city or county attorney, guardian ad litem, counsel for
youth, or respondent parent counsel, the district or the juvenile court has
jurisdiction to enter a civil protection order pursuant to article 14 of title 13 in
actions brought pursuant to article 3 of this title 19 or part 3 of article 7 of this title
19. The court shall use the standardized forms developed by the judicial department
pursuant to section 13-1-136 and shall follow the standards and procedures for the
issuance of civil protection orders set forth in article 14 of title 13, including but not
limited to personal service upon the restrained person. Once issued, the clerk of the
issuing court shall enter the civil protection order into the computerized central
registry of protection orders created pursuant to section 18-6-803.7. If the person
who is the subject of the civil protection order has not been personally served
pursuant to section 13-14-107 (3), a peace officer responding to a call for assistance
shall serve a copy of the civil protection order on the person who is subject to the
order. If the civil protection order is made permanent pursuant to the provisions of
section 13-14-106, the civil protection order remains in effect upon termination of
the juvenile court action. The clerk of the court issuing the order shall file a
certified copy of the permanent civil protection order into an existing case in the
district court, if applicable, or with the county court in the county where the
protected party resides. Civil protection orders issued by the district or the juvenile
court pursuant to article 14 of title 13 have the same force and effect as protection
orders issued pursuant to article 14 of title 13 by a court with concurrent
jurisdiction.
(8) (a) Upon submission of a stipulated agreement of all parties, parents,
guardians, and other legal custodians, if the juvenile court finds that it is in the best
interests of the juvenile, the juvenile court may enter an order allocating parental
responsibilities and addressing parenting time and child support matters when:
(I) The juvenile court has maintained jurisdiction in a case involving an
adjudicated juvenile, a juvenile with a deferred adjudication, or a juvenile on a
management plan developed pursuant to section 19-2.5-704 (3);
(II) A child custody action, a dependency and neglect action, or an action for
allocation of parental responsibilities concerning the same juvenile is not pending in
a district court of this state, and the court complies, as applicable, with the
requirements of the Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, as
set forth in article 13 of title 14; and
(III) All parties, parents, guardians, and other legal custodians involved are in
agreement, or after notice is given to all parents, guardians, and other legal
custodians and a response or objection is not filed.
(b) The parent or person other than a parent with whom the juvenile resides
the majority of the time pursuant to a juvenile court order shall file a certified copy
of the order in the district court in the county where the juvenile is a permanent
resident. The district court shall treat the order as with any other decree issued in a
proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities.