2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Domestic Matters
Article 10. Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act
Section 14-10-125. Temporary orders.

(1) A party to a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities may move for a temporary order. The court may allocate temporary parental responsibilities, including temporary parenting time and temporary decision-making responsibility, after a hearing.

  1. If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is dismissed, any temporary order concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities is vacated unless a parent or the person allocated parental responsibilities moves that the proceeding continue as a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities and the court finds, after a hearing, that the circumstances of the parents and the best interests of the child require that a decree concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities be issued.

  2. If a proceeding concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities commenced inthe absence of a petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is dismissed, any temporary order concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities is vacated.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 530, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-1-25. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 479,

§ 1, effective March 16. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1383, § 11, effective February 1, 1999.

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