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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-2-102 (2026)

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(1) This part 1 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes.

(2) Its underlying purposes are: (a) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and to safeguard meaningful family relationships; (b) To provide adequate procedures for the solemnization and registration of marriage.

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1016, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 90-1-2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1977–2006 · leading case: R.Mcg. v. J.W., 615 P.2d 666 (Colo. 1980).
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R.Mcg. v. J.W., 615 P.2d 666 (Colo. 1980). · cites it 6× “Section 14-2-102, C.R.S.1973, provides in pertinent part: "(1) This part 1 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes.”
Weiszmann v. Kirkland & Ellis, 732 F. Supp. 1540 (D. Colo. 1990). · cites it 3× “In his second claim for relief, “statutory violations,” Weiszmann asserts that the Kirkland and Oakbrook defendants’ “oppressive and threatening” efforts to collect their client’s debt, violated C.R.S. §§ 14-2-102 and 14-2-113 (the Uniform Marriage Act) and constitute negligent…”
Israel v. Allen, 577 P.2d 762 (Colo. 1978). · cites it 3× “See, section 14-2-102(2)(a), C.R.S. 1973. We do not agree.”
In re the Marriage of Cargill, 843 P.2d 1335 (Colo. 1993). · cites it 2× “In Colorado, the two ways a person can marry or remarry are by fulfilling the statutory requirements set-forth in section 14-2-102 to -113, 6B C.R.S. (1987 & 1992 Supp.”
Beeson v. Kiowa Cnty. Sch. Dist. Re-1, 567 P.2d 801 (Colo. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “See § 14-2-102, C.R.S. 1973, and the General Assembly has obviously determined that this purpose is fulfilled, if as here, parental consent for plaintiff's marriage is first obtained.”
Schaefer v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 973 P.2d 717 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “However, while we agree that the Uniform Marriage Act reflects a legislative intent to strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and the safeguarding of meaningful family relationships, see §14-2-102, C.R.S. 1998, and that is a matter of legitimate statewide concern, we…”
In Re Marriage of JMH & Rouse, 143 P.3d 1116 (Colo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “Section 14-2-102, C.R.S.2005. The act provides procedures for the solemnization and registration of marriages.”
Matter of 1942 Gerald H. Lewis Trust, 652 P.2d 1106 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Lewis that if she remarried it would cease paying her income from the trust pursuant to the quoted provision. Ms. Lewis argues that the forfeiture-on-remarriage provision is void on public policy grounds as a restraint on marriage.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-2-102(2)(a) — 2 cases
Israel v. Allen, 577 P.2d 762 (Colo. 1978). “See, section 14-2-102(2)(a), C.R.S. 1973. We do not agree.”
Matter of 1942 Gerald H. Lewis Trust, 652 P.2d 1106 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982). “Lewis that if she remarried it would cease paying her income from the trust pursuant to the quoted provision. Ms. Lewis argues that the forfeiture-on-remarriage provision is void on public policy grounds as a restraint on marriage.”
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