Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-201
Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
Effective Jul 1, 2015L. 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.
- (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.
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.