Colorado § 14-6-108 - Citizenship - residence.
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§ 14-6-108. Citizenship - residence.
For all the purposes of this article 6, citizenship or residence once acquired in this state by any parent of a child living in this state continues until the child has arrived at the age of sixteen years, so long as the child continues to live in this state. In case of prosecution under this article 6 for the violation of any of the provisions of this article 6, such citizenship or residence likewise continues so long as the spouse or parent resides in this state and is entitled to the support or maintenance provided for in section 14-6-101.
Source: L. 11: p. 531, § 9. C.L. § 5573. CSA: C. 83, § 8. CRS 53: § 43-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 43-1-8. L. 73: p. 548, § 5. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-095), ch. 96, p. 753, § 7, effective August 8.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-095, see section 1 of chapter 96, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. A case relevant to § 14-6-108 decided prior to its earliest source, L. 11, p. 531, § 9, has been included in the annotations to this section.
In a prosecution for the failure of a husband to support his wife, it is not necessary to allege in the information that the defendant is a resident of the state. Poole v. People, 24 Colo. 510, 52 P. 1025 (1898).
Nonresidents are excepted from the operation of this section, but it is not necessary to negate the exceptions because if the defendant was a nonresident, that was a matter of defense. Poole v. People, 24 Colo. 510, 52 P. 1025 (1898).
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