3E67FB29A218FF2687258A4E005C1D81 Hearing Summary

Kaela Zihlman, CBA Family Law Section, stated that the section has not yet formally taken a position on the act, but historically the section has opposed it. She referred to a prior year memo from the section stating reasons that Colorado law is better, there are certainly portions of the uniform act that the section would not object to and could potentially provide useful feedback on. Ms. Zihlman offered to have the section prepare a formal position on the act for this year or work with a commission working group to determine appropriate provisions of the act to consider for Colorado law. Commissioner McGihon suggested that we ask the ULC for a side-by-side comparison of Colorado law before having future discussions on the act.

Commissioner Tipper noted that Colorado is listed as having passed the Uniform Parentage Act on the ULC website. She added that Colorado didn't specifically pass the uniform act but has enacted enough portions of it through other legislation for Colorado law regarding parentage to be uniform negating the need for further discussion on the act.