Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-605
Notice of registration of order.
Effective Jul 1, 2015L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1597, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: (a) and (b)(2) amended, p. 540, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2003: (b) and (c) amended and (d) added, p. 1259, § 35, effective July 1, 2004. L. 2015: Entire part amended, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 557, § 31, effective July 1.
- (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
- (b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
- (1) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
- (2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 14-5-707;
- (3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and
- (4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
- (c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
- (1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
- (2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
- (3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
- (4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
- (d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the income-withholding law of this state.
Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1597, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: (a) and (b)(2) amended, p. 540, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2003: (b) and (c) amended and (d) added, p. 1259, § 35, effective July 1, 2004. L. 2015: Entire part amended, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 557, § 31, effective July 1.