14-5-601. Registration of order for enforcement.

A support order or income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered in this state for enforcement.

Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1596, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1257, § 32, effective July 1, 2004.

A district court in a RURESA action may not enter a judgment for child support arrearages under the original decree in another state unless the petitioning party proceeds under the alternative registration of a foreign support order provisions of §§ 14-5-137 to 14-5-141. Henry v. Knight, 746 P.2d 1375 (Colo. App. 1987) (decided under former § 14-5-137 as it existed prior to the 1993 repeal and reenactment of this article).