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Issue Briefs

Child Support Enforcement (2014)

Subjects
Children & Domestic Matters
Courts & Judicial
Published
09/10/2014

Child support is a required payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child after a divorce or other dissolution of a relationship. This issue brief summarizes how child support orders are issued, details elements of child support enforcement units and various child support enforcement mechanisms, outlines the Colorado ChildSupport CollectionConsumerProtectionAct, and provides information on cases that involve noncustodial parents who live outside Colorado.

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