Colorado § 19-4-118 - Enforcement of judgment or order.
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§ 19-4-118. Enforcement of judgment or order.
(1) If existence of the father and child relationship is declared, or paternity or a duty of support has been acknowledged or adjudicated under this article or under prior law, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the mother, the child, or the public authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, support, or funeral, or by any other person, including a private agency, to the extent he has furnished or is furnishing these expenses.
(2) The court may order support payments to be made to the obligee, the clerk of the court, in those cases in which the executive director of the department of human services has notified the state court administrator pursuant to section 26-13-114 (5), C.R.S., that the judicial district in which the court is situated is ready to participate in the family support registry, through the family support registry, or a person, corporation, or agency designated to administer them for the benefit of the child under the supervision of the court. The court may not order payments to be made to the clerk of the court once payments may be made through the family support registry.
(3) Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of the court. All remedies for the enforcement of judgments apply.
(4) In making any order for support pursuant to this section, the court shall take into consideration the capability of both parents to provide support.
Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 799, § 1, effective October 1. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 766, § 16, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-6-118 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
ANNOTATION
Applied in Deeb v. Morris, 14 B.R. 217 (D. Colo. 1981).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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