ARTICLE 7

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

ARTICLE 7 Parent and Child

Cross references: For support proceedings, see article 6 of title 19; for the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act", see article 5 of this title; for the "Colorado Children's Code", see title 19.

14-7-101. Commitment of child - parent liable for support.

14-7-102. Action by state or county for support of child.

14-7-103. District and county attorneys to report actions.

14-7-104. Application of article.

14-7-105. Recovery for child support debt. (Repealed)

■ 14-7-101. Commitment of child - parent liable for support. The commitment of any child, under any law of this state, to any state institution shall not relieve the parents or legal guardian of such child from responsibility for the support of the child. It is the duty of any court committing any child to any state institution or any private institution where such child is kept at the expense of the county or state, at the time of the commitment, to forthwith notify the district attorney, if a state expense, and the county attorney, if a county expense, of the name and address of such parents and such other information as may be adduced at any hearing of such case concerning the financial responsibility of the parents to care for such child. In order to obtain such information, any court committing any child, at the time of commitment or at any convenient time to be designated by the court, is authorized to require the attendance of the parents or legal guardian upon such court to be examined under oath concerning the property, possessions, and financial responsibility of such parents or legal guardian.

Source: L. 05: p. 295, § 1. R.S. 08: § 4739. C.L. § 5587. CSA: C. 121, § 1. CRS 53: § 43-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 43-3-1.

ANNOTATION

The fathering of an illegitimate child in and of itself is not a "tortious act" in regard to the long arm statute. In re People, 30 Colo. App. 603, 498 P.2d 1166 (1972).

■ 14-7-102. Action by state or county for support of child. The state of Colorado or the county, as the case may be, at whose expense such child is kept shall be entitled to recover from the parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for the support of such child such sum for the care, support, and maintenance of the child as may be reasonable therefor, and in no case shall such sum be less than the per capita monthly or yearly amount of expense in the institution in which the child is confined or the actual expense incurred by the state or county for the care and maintenance...