2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Domestic Matters
Article 2. Marriage and Rights of Married Persons

Editor's note: This part 1 was numbered as article 1 of chapter 90, C.R.S. 1963. The provisions of this part 1 were repealed and reenacted in 1973, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this part 1 prior to 1973, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.

Annotator's note. For legality of common-law marriages in this state, see Graham v. Graham, 130 Colo. 225, 274 P.2d 605 (1954).

• Section 14-2-101. Short title.
• Section 14-2-102. Purposes - rules of construction.
• Section 14-2-103. Uniformity of application and construction.
• Section 14-2-104. Formalities.
• Section 14-2-105. Marriage license and marriage certificate.
• Section 14-2-106. License to marry.
• Section 14-2-107. When licenses to marry issued - validity.
• Section 14-2-108. Judicial approval.
• Section 14-2-109. Solemnization and registration of marriages - proxy marriage.
• Section 14-2-109.3. Rights of underage married persons.
• Section 14-2-109.5. Common law marriage - age restrictions.
• Section 14-2-110. Prohibited marriages.
• Section 14-2-111. Putative spouse.
• Section 14-2-112. Application.
• Section 14-2-113. Violation - penalty.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-090, see section 1 of chapter 72, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.

• Section 14-2-201. Property ownership.
• Section 14-2-202. Married person may sue and be sued.
• Section 14-2-203. Rights in separate business.
• Section 14-2-204. Not to affect marriage settlements.
• Section 14-2-205. Married person's land subject to judgment.
• Section 14-2-206. Spouse cannot convey other spouse's lands.
• Section 14-2-207. Spouse may convey lands as if unmarried.
• Section 14-2-208. Married person may contract.
• Section 14-2-209. Loss of consortium.
• Section 14-2-210. Domicile.

Editor's note: This part 3 was added in 1986. It was repealed and reenacted in 2013, effective July 1, 2014, resulting in the addition, relocation, or elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this part 3 prior to 2013, consult the 2012 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.

Law reviews: For article, "Marital Agreements", see 18 Colo. Law. 31, (1989); for article, "Update on Ethics and Malpractice Avoidance in Family Law -- Parts I and II", see 19 Colo. Law. 465 and 647 (1990); for article, "An Historical Perspective on Marital Agreements", see 20 Colo. Law. 467 (1991); for article, "Prenuptial Agreements and the Dead Man's Statute", see 23 Colo. Law. 357 (1994); for article, "Beware of the Trap -- Marital Agreements and ERISA Benefits", see 23 Colo. Law. 577 (1994); for article, "Marital Agreements and the Colorado Marital Agreement Act", see 32 Colo. Law. 59 (Aug. 2003); for article, "Prenuptial Agreements and Retirement Plan Assets", see 33 Colo. Law. 43 (Feb. 2004); for article, "Marital Agreements in Colorado", see 36 Colo. Law. 53 (Feb. 2007); for article, "Benefits Issues Arise When Same-Sex Relationships End", see 42 Colo. Law. 77 (Aug. 2013); for article, "Colorado's New Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act", see 43 Colo. Law. 57 (March 2014).

• Section 14-2-301. Short title.
• Section 14-2-302. Definitions.
• Section 14-2-303. Scope.
• Section 14-2-303.5. Applicability of part and case law to agreements relating to civil unions.
• Section 14-2-304. Governing law.
• Section 14-2-305. Principles of law and equity.
• Section 14-2-306. Formation requirements.
• Section 14-2-307. When agreement effective.
• Section 14-2-308. Void marriage.
• Section 14-2-309. Enforcement.
• Section 14-2-310. Unenforceable terms.
• Section 14-2-311. Limitation of action.
• Section 14-2-312. Uniformity of application and construction.
• Section 14-2-313. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.