Colorado § 13-54-102.5 - Child support payments - exemption.
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§ 13-54-102.5. Child support payments - exemption.
Any past or present child support obligation owed by a parent or child support payment made by a parent that is required by a support order is exempt from levy under writ of attachment or writ of execution for any debt owed by either parent.
Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1210, § 2, effective May 22. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-086), ch. 74, p. 379, § 7, effective April 7.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 22-086, see section 1 of chapter 74, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
ANNOTATION
Notwithstanding the exemption created by subsection (1), public policy prevents the application of an attorney's charging lien against funds owing to a parent as child support. In re Etcheverry, 921 P.2d 82 (Colo. App. 1996).
Special coordinator appointed to arbitrate during a post-dissolution of marriage proceeding violated this section by requesting that her fees be paid from child support funds deposited in the court registry. Although the coordinator did not employ writs of attachment or execution to obtain payment, coordinator's behavior was functionally equivalent to extracting payment for a parent's debt from a child support payment. In re Eggert, 53 P.3d 794 (Colo. App. 2002).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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