Colorado § 18-1-1002 - Criminal contempt proceedings - notice to district attorney.
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§ 18-1-1002. Criminal contempt proceedings - notice to district attorney.
Before a criminal contempt proceeding is heard before the court, notice of the proceedings shall be provided to the district attorney for the district of the court where the proceedings are to be heard and the district attorney for the district of the court where the alleged act of criminal contempt occurred. The district attorney for either district shall be allowed to appear and argue for the imposition of contempt sanctions.
Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1717, § 7, effective July 1.
ANNOTATION
District attorney need not be notified of criminal contempt hearing against father in arrears in child support. While the general assembly may limit jurisdiction, no statute will be held to limit court power unless the limitation is explicit in the statute. There was no prejudice to the party's substantial rights as the statute was enacted to protect state's interest in prosecution, not for the protection of fathers in arrears in child support. In re Helmich, 937 P.2d 897 (Colo. App. 1997).
Prisoner incarcerated in county jail for punitive contempt is entitled to the benefit of earned good time credit. To the extent that the language of an order purports to limit "good time" credit, it is beyond the power of the court to do so. In re Helmich, 937 P.2d 897 (Colo. App. 1997).
PART 11
PRESERVATION OF DNA EVIDENCE
Editor's note: This part 11 was added in 2008 and was not amended prior to 2009. The substantive provisions of this part 11 were repealed and reenacted in 2009, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For the text of this part 11 prior to 2009, consult the 2008 Colorado Revised Statutes. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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