Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-209

Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 14-5-209 - Credit for payment

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.

C.R.S. § 14-5-209

Amended by 2015 Ch. 173, §11, eff. 7/1/2015.

L. 93: Entire article R&RE, p. 1588, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1248, § 9, effective 7/1/2004. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 549, § 11, effective July 1.

COMMENT

The issuing tribunal is ultimately responsible for the overall control of the enforcement methods employed and for accounting for the payments made on its order from multiple sources. Until that scheme is fully in place, however, it will be necessary to continue to mandate pro tanto credit for actual payments made against all existing orders. The addition to include a foreign support order in the calculation should assure all payments of support are properly credited. This section does not attempt to impact the way support paid in an individual case is apportioned or distributed between the obligee and one or more states asserting a claim to the monies.