9 Colo. Code Regs. § 2504-1-6.601
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024
Section 9 CCR 2504-1-6.601 - PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT TIME FRAMES [Rev. eff. 4/1/13]County Child Support Services Units shall establish procedures to ensure that all appropriate paternity establishment activities are undertaken and completed within the timeframes specified. In judicial cases the timeframes begin when the alleged or presumed father is located. For APA cases, it begins when the APA-Respondent is located and ends when paternity and a support obligation are established or the alleged or presumed father is excluded. All paternity establishment activities must be documented on the automated child support system.
A. Within ninety (90) calendar days of locating the alleged father or when the APA-Respondent is located, the Child Support Services Unit must: 1. Document unsuccessful attempts to serve process, or,2. Complete service of process, establish paternity, and establish an order for support.B. Repeated unsuccessful service of process attempts are not a valid reason for not meeting the time frames. If service of process is unsuccessful because of a poor address, the case shall be referred back to the locate function. 6.601.1GOOD CAUSE [Rev. eff. 4/1/13]If good cause exemption has not been established and the custodial party or placing parent fails to cooperate with the Child Support Services Unit, the Child Support Services Unit shall complete a Notice of Non-Cooperation of Caretaker and forward the notice to the county IV-A unit, or the Division of Child Welfare.
39 CR 23, December 10, 2016, effective 1/1/201740 CR 21, November 10, 2017, effective 12/1/201742 CR 11, June 10, 2019, effective 6/30/201943 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 9/30/202043 CR 21, November 10, 2020, effective 12/1/202044 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 1/1/202245 CR 01, January 10, 2022, effective 3/1/202246 CR 11, June 10, 2023, effective 7/1/2023