Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-14.5-114

Current through Acts effective through 7/1/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 13-14.5-114 - Instructional and informational material - definition
(1)
(a) The state court administrator shall develop standard petitions and extreme risk protection order forms and temporary extreme risk protection order forms in more than one language consistent with state judicial department practices. The standard petition and order forms must be used after January 1, 2020, for all petitions filed and orders issued pursuant to this article 14.5. The state court administrator may consult with interested parties in developing the petitions and forms. The materials must be available online consistent with state judicial department practices.
(b) The extreme risk protection order form must include, in a conspicuous location, notice of criminal penalties resulting from violation of the order and the following statement:

You have the sole responsibility to avoid or refrain from violating this extreme risk protection order's provisions. Only the court can change the order and only upon written motion.

(2) A court clerk for each judicial district shall create a community resource list of crisis intervention, mental health, substance abuse, interpreter, counseling, and other relevant resources serving the county in which the court is located. The court shall make the community resource list available as part of or in addition to the informational brochures described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The state court administrator shall distribute a master copy of the standard petition and extreme risk protection order forms to all court clerks and all district and county courts.
(4) Courts shall accept petitions pursuant to sections 13-14.5-103 and 13-14.5-104 beginning on January 1, 2020.

C.R.S. § 13-14.5-114

Amended by 2023 Ch. 124,§ 1, eff. 4/28/2023.
Added by 2019 Ch. 108, §1, eff. 4/12/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19 -1177), ch. 398, p. 398, §1, effective April 12.