{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-15-118.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 14-15-118.5","heading":"Construction - effect when parties to a civil union marry - dissolution process.","body":"(1) When parties who have entered into a civil union pursuant to this article subsequently marry, the effect is a merger of the two relationship statuses. Once merged, the civil union terminates as of the date of the solemnization of the marriage or determination of a common law marriage and no separate dissolution of the civil union is required.\n\n(2) If one or both parties to a marriage that has been merged with a civil union subsequently desire to dissolve the marriage, legally separate, or have the marriage declared invalid, one or both of the parties must file a petition in accordance with the procedures specified in article 10 of this title.\n\n(3) If a civil union and marriage were merged, any calculation of the duration of the marriage includes the time period during which the parties were in a civil union.","path":["Title 14 - DOMESTIC MATTERS","Article 15 - Colorado Civil Union Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-14.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"cdbc5a35c351d85d13eec28ecb8615bdb60c7ec39be18237e5c094813ffec322","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-15-118","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-15-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}