Annotator's note: Since § 14-5-316 is similar to §§ 14-5-121 and 14-5-124 as they existed prior to the 1993 repeal and reenactment of this article, relevant cases construing those provisions 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).

Child support installment under California decree became an enforceable judgment in Colorado where husband made support payments in amounts less than the amount ordered by such decree. In re Barone, 895 P.2d 1075 (Colo. App. 1994).

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).

Eventual and belated compliance with a prior support order may be a defense to an action, but each case must be decided on its own facts and circumstances. Jackson v. Jackson, 157 Colo. 564, 404 P.2d 281 (1965).

It may be a defense if the trial court chooses not to enter an order under the action brought pursuant to the uniform act. Jackson v. Jackson, 157 Colo. 564, 404 P.2d 281 (1965).

Where denial of continuance not prejudicial. Where the trial court has before it the affidavits filed in the initiating state, as well as the deposition of the absent obligee, and the obligor has declined the court's offer to provide a subpoena duces tecum in conjunction with letters rogatory so the obligor could obtain financial documents from the obligee, there is no prejudice resulting from the trial court's denial of the obligor's request for a continuance. Rohrer v. Kane, 44 Colo. App. 85, 609 P.2d 1121 (1980).

Child's right to support is unaffected by misconduct of his parents, and when a court conditions the disbursement of child support payments upon the custodial parent's complying with visitation orders, the court errs as a matter of law. People ex rel. Meveren v. District Court, 638 P.2d 1371 (Colo. 1982).

Applied in Dewar v. LeNard, 653 P.2d 82 (Colo. App. 1982).