{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-13-102.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 26-13-102.5","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article 13, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Delegate child support enforcement unit\" means the unit of a county department of human or social services or its contractual agent that is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this article 13. The term contractual agent includes a private child support collection agency, operating as an independent contractor with a county department of human or social services, that contracts to provide any services that the delegate child support enforcement unit is required by law to provide.\n\n(2) (a) \"IV-D case\" or \"IV-D support order\" means a case or a support order with respect to a child in which support enforcement services are provided, in accordance with Title IV-D of the federal \"Social Security Act\", as amended, and pursuant to this article, by the delegate child support enforcement unit to a custodian of a child who is or was a recipient:\n\n(I) Of aid to families with dependent children, as that program was in effect as of July 16, 1996;\n\n(II) Under the Colorado works program pursuant to part 7 of article 2 of this title;\n\n(III) Of medical assistance only under articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;\n\n(IV) Of Title IV-E foster care; or\n\n(V) Of foster care services under article 5 of this title.\n\n(b) The terms \"IV-D case\" or \"IV-D support order\" also include any case or order in which the custodian of a child applies to the delegate child support enforcement unit for support enforcement services and pays a fee for such services under section 26-13-106 (2).","path":["Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE","Article 13 - Child Support Enforcement Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-26.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"0b73efa68606b487f08be556d05b9542c8359df165e0dbeda17cf99cc323329b","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-13-102","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-13-102.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}