2021 Colorado Code
Title 14 - Domestic Matters
Article 6 - Nonsupport
§ 14-6-104. Jurisdiction
Courts of record in this state shall have jurisdiction under this article as provided in this section, and a complaint or information for the violation of this article may be filed in any court of record by the prosecuting attorney or other appropriate agency or before the county court of the county in which such offense defined in section 14-6-101 is committed.
History. Source: L. 11: P. 529, § 4. C.L. § 5569. CSA: C. 83, § 4. CRS 53: § 43-1-4 . L. 61: P. 352, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 43-1-4 . L. 64: P. 246, § 115. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 397, § 4, effective June 3.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, “One Year Review of Criminal Law and Procedure”, see 36 Dicta 34 (1959).
The juvenile court is a court of record, and, under this section has jurisdiction of an information for the nonsupport of the wife of the accused. Smith v. People, 64 Colo. 290 , 170 P. 959 (1918).
This section also confers jurisdiction on the county court in nonsupport cases. Tucker v. People, 136 Colo. 581 , 319 P.2d 983 (1957).
