{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-401","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 14-5-401","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:\n\n(1) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n\n(2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\n\n(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:\n\n(1) A presumed father of the child;\n\n(2) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n\n(3) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n\n(4) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n\n(5) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n\n(6) An acknowledged father as provided by section 19-4-105 (1)(e), C.R.S.;\n\n(7) The mother of the child; or\n\n(8) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n\n(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 14-5-305.","path":["Title 14 - DOMESTIC MATTERS","Article 5 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"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":"f91d951efe94691039979e38b8f9352f62101754024b407ceba6dbfd55779486","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-319","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-14-5-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}