ARTICLE 12 MARRIAGE COUNSELING

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

ARTICLE 12 Marriage Counseling

14-12-101. Legislative declaration.

14-12-102. Domestic relations counselor - assistants - term.

14-12-103. Offices - qualifications - salaries. (Repealed)

14-12-104. Duties of domestic relations counselors.

14-12-105. Counseling proceedings to be private - communications confidential.

14-12-106. Court may appoint marriage counselor in any county or judicial district where the population is under one hundred thousand. (Repealed)

■ 14-12-101. Legislative declaration. It is the declared public policy of this state to maintain desirable marital and family relations; to promote and foster the marriage relationship and reconciliation of estranged spouses; and to take reasonable measures to preserve marriages, particularly where minor children are involved, in the interest of strengthening the family life foundation of our society, and in reducing the economic and social costs to the state resulting from broken homes. In furtherance of this policy, it is the purpose of this article to make competent marriage counseling services available through the district courts of the state to spouses involved in domestic difficulties.

Source: L. 60: p. 131, § 1. CRS 53: § 46-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-5-1.

ANNOTATION

The creation of a "marriage relationship" is a fundamental right in this jurisdiction. Beeson v. Kiowa County Sch. Dist. RE-1, 39 Colo. App. 174, 567 P.2d 801 (1977).

Support during reconciliation attempt constituted maintenance payments. Where the parties made a good faith although unsuccessful attempt at reconciliation and where the husband supported the family during this time, the support paid and contributed by the husband constituted payment of the maintenance installments accruing during the period they were living together. This conforms to the public policy in the state "to promote and foster the marriage relationship and reconciliation of estranged spouses". In re Peterson, 40 Colo. App. 115, 572 P.2d 849 (1977).

■ 14-12-102. Domestic relations counselor - assistants - term. Subject to the provisions of section 13-3-105, C.R.S., the chief judge of any judicial district may appoint one or more domestic relations counselors and such other persons as assistants and clerks as may be deemed necessary to serve during the pleasure of the appointing power.

Source: L. 60: p. 131, § 1. CRS 53: § 46-5-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-5-2. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 602, § 29, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 519, § 1...