C.R.S. Section 14-10-123.7
Parental education

  • legislative declaration

(1)

The general assembly recognizes research that documents the negative impact divorce and separation can have on children when the parents continue the marital conflict, expose the children to this conflict, or place the children in the middle of the conflict or when one parent drops out of the child’s life. This research establishes that children of divorce or separation may exhibit a decreased ability to function academically, socially, and psychologically because of the stress of the divorce or separation process. The general assembly also finds that, by understanding the process of divorce and its impact on both adults and children, parents can more effectively help and support their children during this time of family reconfiguration. Accordingly, the general assembly finds that it is in the best interests of children to authorize courts to establish, or contract with providers for the establishment of, educational programs for separating, divorcing, and divorced parents with minor children. The intent of these programs is to educate parents about the divorce process and its impact on adults and children and to teach coparenting skills and strategies so that parents may continue to parent their children in a cooperative manner.

(2)

A court may order a parent whose child is under eighteen years of age to attend a program designed to provide education concerning the impact of separation and divorce on children in cases in which the parent of a minor is a named party in a dissolution of marriage proceeding, a legal separation proceeding, a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities, parenting time proceedings, or postdecree proceedings involving the allocation of parental responsibilities or parenting time or proceedings in which the parent is the subject of a protection order issued pursuant to this article.

(3)

Each judicial district, or combination of judicial districts as designated by the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court, may establish an educational program for divorcing and separating parents who are parties to any of the types of proceedings specified in subsection (2) of this section or arrange for the provision of such educational programs by private providers through competitively negotiated contracts. The educational program shall inform parents about the divorce process and its impact on adults and children and shall teach parents coparenting skills and strategies so that they may continue to parent their children in a cooperative manner. Any such educational program shall be administered and monitored by the implementing judicial district or districts and shall be paid for by the participating parents in accordance with each parent’s ability to pay.

Source: Section 14-10-123.7 — Parental education - legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-14.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

14‑10‑101
Short title 14‑10‑102
Purposes - rules of construction 14‑10‑103
Definitions and interpretation of terms 14‑10‑104
Uniformity of application and construction 14‑10‑104.5
Legislative declaration 14‑10‑105
Application of Colorado rules of civil procedure 14‑10‑106
Dissolution of marriage - legal separation 14‑10‑106.5
Dissolution of civil unions - legal separation - jurisdiction - applicability of article and case law 14‑10‑107
Commencement - pleadings - abolition of existing defenses - automatic, temporary injunction - enforcement 14‑10‑107.5
Entry of appearance and notice of withdrawal by delegate child support enforcement unit 14‑10‑107.7
Required notice of involvement with state department of human services 14‑10‑107.8
Required notice of prior restraining, civil protection, or emergency protection orders to prevent domestic abuse - petitions for dissolution of marriage or legal separation 14‑10‑108
Temporary orders in a dissolution case 14‑10‑109
Enforcement of protection orders 14‑10‑110
Irretrievable breakdown 14‑10‑111
Declaration of invalidity 14‑10‑112
Separation agreement 14‑10‑113
Disposition of property - definitions 14‑10‑114
Spousal maintenance - advisory guidelines - legislative declaration - definitions 14‑10‑115
Child support guidelines - purpose - determination of income - schedule of basic child support obligations - adjustments to basic child support - additional guidelines - child support commission - definitions 14‑10‑116
Appointment in domestic relations cases - representation of the best interests of the child - legal representative of the child - disclosure - short title 14‑10‑116.5
Appointment in domestic relations cases - child and family investigator - disclosure - background check 14‑10‑117
Payment of maintenance or child support 14‑10‑118
Enforcement of orders 14‑10‑119
Attorney’s fees 14‑10‑120
Decree 14‑10‑120.2
Ex-parte request for restoration of prior name of party 14‑10‑120.3
Dissolution of marriage or legal separation upon affidavit - requirements 14‑10‑120.5
Petition - fee - assessment - displaced homemakers fund 14‑10‑121
Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order 14‑10‑122
Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support, and property disposition - automatic lien - definitions 14‑10‑123
Commencement of proceedings concerning allocation of parental responsibilities - jurisdiction - automatic temporary injunction - enforcement - definitions 14‑10‑123.3
Requests for parental responsibility for a child by grandparents 14‑10‑123.4
Rights of children in matters relating to parental responsibilities 14‑10‑123.6
Required notice of prior restraining orders to prevent domestic abuse - proceedings concerning parental responsibilities relating to a child - resources for family services 14‑10‑123.7
Parental education - legislative declaration 14‑10‑123.8
Access to records 14‑10‑124
Best interests of the child 14‑10‑124.4
Family time for grandparents or great-grandparents - legislative declaration - definitions 14‑10‑124.5
Disputes concerning grandparent or great-grandparent family time 14‑10‑125
Temporary orders 14‑10‑126
Interviews 14‑10‑127
Evaluation and reports - training and qualifications of evaluators - disclosure 14‑10‑127.5
Domestic violence training for court personnel - expert testimony - child placement decisions - legislative declaration - definitions 14‑10‑128
Hearings 14‑10‑128.1
Appointment of parenting coordinator - disclosure 14‑10‑128.3
Appointment of decision-maker - disclosure 14‑10‑128.5
Appointment of arbitrator - de novo hearing of award 14‑10‑129
Modification of parenting time 14‑10‑129.5
Disputes concerning parenting time 14‑10‑130
Judicial supervision 14‑10‑131
Modification of custody or decision-making responsibility 14‑10‑131.7
Designation of custody for the purpose of other state and federal statutes 14‑10‑131.8
Construction of 1999 revisions 14‑10‑132
Affidavit practice 14‑10‑133
Effective date - applicability
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 14-10-123.7’s source at colorado​.gov