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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-12-105 (2026)

Counseling proceedings to be private - communications confidential

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All counseling proceedings, interviews, or conferences shall be held in private. All communications, oral or written, from the parties to a domestic relations counselor in a counseling or conciliation proceedings shall be deemed to be made to such counsel in official confidence by a privileged communication and shall not be admissible or usable for any purpose in any dissolution of marriage hearing or any other proceedings. Any papers or records of the counselor relating to counseling proceedings under this article shall be confidential.

Source: L. 60: p. 133, § 1. CRS 53: § 46-5-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-5-6. Cross references: For other privileged communications, see §§ 13-90-107 and 13-90- 108.

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 (Repealed)

Source: L. 60: p. 133, § 1. CRS 53: § 46-5-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-5-7. L. 79: Entire section repealed, p. 602, § 30, effective July 1.

ARTICLE 13

Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Editor's note: This article was numbered as article 6 of chapter 46, C.R.S. 1963. The provisions of this article were repealed and reenacted in 2000, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this article prior to 2000, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes and supplements to the original volume of C.R.S. 1973 beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. Former C.R.S. section numbers for sections that were relocated as a part of the repeal and reenactment are shown in editor's notes following each section.

Law reviews: For comment, "Temporary Custody Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act: Influence Without Modification", see 48 U. Colo. L. Rev. 603 (1977); for article, "The Role of Children's Counsel in Contested Child Custody, Visitation and Support Cases", see 15 Colo. Law. 224 (1986); for article, "Waking the Dormant PKPA in Colorado", see 21 Colo. Law. 2209 (1992); for article, "Nuts and Bolts of the PKPA", see 22 Colo. Law. 2397 (1993); for article, "The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act: Part I", see 29 Colo. Law. 73 (Sept. 2000); for article, "The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act: Part II", see 29 Colo. Law. 81 (Oct. 2000); for article, "Interstate Family Law Jurisdiction: Simplifying Complex Questions", see 31 Colo. Law. 77 (Sept. 2002); for article, "Colorado's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: 2004 Changes and Clarifications", see 33 Colo. Law. 99 (Nov. 2004); for article, "An Introduction to Family Law and the Military", see 37 Colo. Law. 69 (Oct. 2008).

PART 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2005–2005 · leading case: People v. Turner, 109 P.3d 639 (Colo. 2005).
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People v. Turner, 109 P.3d 639 (Colo. 2005). · cites it 2× “3d at 800 (holding that once the psychologist-patient privilege attaches, it protects testimonial disclosures as well as pretrial discovery of files or records derived or created in the course of treatment); § 14-12-105, C.R.S. (2004) (creating privilege for communications made,…”
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