{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-307","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 14-5-307","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this article.\n\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n\n(1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n\n(2) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n\n(3) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n\n(4) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n\n(5) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n\n(6) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n\n(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n\n(1) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n\n(2) If two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 14-5-319.\n\n(f) This article does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["Title 14 - DOMESTIC MATTERS","Article 5 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION"],"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":"0a206217e5650352f4a588d820831e5b5dc0dbfad23c2fa3239d199209dc3268","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-306","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}