(21) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes:

(A) An Indian tribe; and

(B) A foreign country or political subdivision that:

(i) Has been declared to be a foreign reciprocating country or political subdivision under federal law;

(ii) Has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in section 14-5-308; or

(iii) Has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this article.

(22) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency authorized to seek:

(A) Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

(B) Establishment or modification of child support;

(C) Determination of parentage;

(D) Location of obligors or their assets; or

(E) Determination of the controlling child support order.

(23) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, order, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a tribunal, for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, and other relief.

(24) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.

Source: L. 2003: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1241, § 2, effective July 1, 2004.

Editor's note: In 2003, this section was formerly numbered as 14-5-101, and the former section 14-5-102 was relocated to section 14-5-103.

Annotator's note: Since § 14-5-102 is similar to § 14-5-101 as it existed prior to the 2003 amendment to part 2 of article 5 of title 14, which resulted in the relocation of provisions, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.

Applied in Gruber v. Wallner, 198 Colo. 235, 598 P.2d 135 (1979); People ex rel. Meveren v. District Court, 638 P.2d 1371 (Colo. 1982); Dewar v. LeNard, 653 P.2d 82 (Colo. App. 1982).