Colorado Child Support Enforcement Act
Colorado · Human Services Code · §§ 26-13-101 to 26-13-129 · 37 sections
Overview
The act establishes a state's child support enforcement program, setting out the services it provides, who is eligible for them, and the plan and recordkeeping systems through which obligations are tracked and payments collected and distributed — among them a parent locator service, a central registry for support payments, a case registry, and a directory of newly hired employees. Its central enforcement mechanisms are administrative rather than judicial: liens and attachments reaching bank accounts, inmate accounts, and insurance settlements; offsets against state tax refunds, vendor payments, lottery and gambling winnings, and unclaimed property; reporting of support debts to consumer reporting agencies; and the denial, suspension, or revocation of drivers', professional, occupational, and recreational licenses. It also addresses the confidentiality of information held by the program, recovery of public assistance paid on a child's behalf, enforcement of support obligations across state lines, review and modification of existing orders, and the duty to maintain health insurance for a child.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- C.R.S. § 26-13-101Short title
- C.R.S. § 26-13-102Legislative declaration
- C.R.S. § 26-13-102.5Definitions
- C.R.S. § 26-13-102.7Privacy
- C.R.S. § 26-13-102.8Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
- C.R.S. § 26-13-103Support enforcement program
- C.R.S. § 26-13-104State plan
- C.R.S. § 26-13-105Child support enforcement services
- C.R.S. § 26-13-106Eligibility for services
- C.R.S. § 26-13-107State parent locator service
- C.R.S. § 26-13-108Recovery of public assistance paid for child support and maintenance
- C.R.S. § 26-13-109Enforcement of support UIFSA
- C.R.S. § 26-13-110Federal requirements
- C.R.S. § 26-13-111State income tax refund offset
- C.R.S. § 26-13-111.5State vendor payment offset
- C.R.S. § 26-13-112.5Child support incentive payments
- C.R.S. § 26-13-113Placement in foster care automatic assignment of right
- C.R.S. § 26-13-114Family support registry
- C.R.S. § 26-13-115.5Family support registry fund created
- C.R.S. § 26-13-116Debt information made available to consumer reporting agencies
- C.R.S. § 26-13-118Lottery winnings offset
- C.R.S. § 26-13-118.5Unclaimed property offset
- C.R.S. § 26-13-118.7Gambling winnings
- C.R.S. § 26-13-119Distribution of amounts collected
- C.R.S. § 26-13-121Review and modification of child support orders
- C.R.S. § 26-13-121.5Enforcement of obligation to maintain health insurance
- C.R.S. § 26-13-122Administrative lien and attachment
- C.R.S. § 26-13-122.3Administrative lien and levy of accounts held by financial institutions
- C.R.S. § 26-13-122.5Administrative lien and attachment of inmate bank accounts
- C.R.S. § 26-13-122.7Administrative lien and attachment of insurance claim payments, awards, and settlements
- C.R.S. § 26-13-123Drivers’ licenses
- C.R.S. § 26-13-124Privatization of child support enforcement programs
- C.R.S. § 26-13-125State directory of new hires
- C.R.S. § 26-13-126Authority to deny, suspend, or revoke professional, occupational, and recreational licenses
- C.R.S. § 26-13-127State case registry
- C.R.S. § 26-13-128Agreements with financial institutions
- C.R.S. § 26-13-129Exemption from federal law
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