14-5-609. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in part A of this part 6 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

Source: L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1599, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1260, § 38, effective July 1, 2004.

Editor's note: This section was contained in an article that was repealed and reenacted in 1993. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1993, are similar to those contained in 14-5-110 as said section existed in 1992, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this article.

Annotator's note: Since § 14-5-609 is similar to § 14-5-110 as it existed prior to the 1993 repeal and reenactment of this article, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.

Full faith and credit must be given to another state's final order for arrearages entered under RURESA, § 14-5-101 et seq. In re Sabala, 802 P.2d 1163 (Colo. App. 1990).

The doctrine of equitable estoppel may properly be applied to afford relief from accrued arrearages in child support if the party asserting the claim demonstrates reasonable reliance, to the party's detriment, upon the acts or representations of the other person, and lack of knowledge or convenient means of knowing the facts. In re Dennin and Lohf, 811 P.2d 449 (Colo. App. 1991).