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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-2-303 (2026)

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(1) This part 3 applies to a premarital agreement or marital agreement signed on or after July 1, 2014.

(2) This part 3 does not affect any right, obligation, or liability arising under a premarital agreement or marital agreement signed before July 1, 2014.

(3) This part 3 does not apply to:

(a) An agreement between spouses which affirms, modifies, or waives a marital right or obligation and requires court approval to become effective; or

(b) An agreement between spouses who intend to obtain a marital dissolution or court- decreed legal separation which resolves their marital rights or obligations and is signed when a proceeding for marital dissolution or court-decreed legal separation is anticipated or pending.

(4) This part 3 does not affect adversely the rights of a bona fide purchaser for value to the extent that this part 3 applies to a waiver of a marital right or obligation in a transfer or conveyance of property by a spouse to a third party.

Source: L. 2013: Entire part R&RE, (HB 13-1204), ch. 239, p. 1160, § 1, effective July 1, 2014.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: 09 In re the Marriage of Zander, 2019 COA 149 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019).
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09 In re the Marriage of Zander, 2019 COA 149 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “” § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 2007. “A marital agreement becomes effective upon marriage, if signed by both parties prior to marriage, or upon the signatures of both parties, if signed after marriage.”
In re Marriage of Zander, 2021 CO 12 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “” In the same vein, section 14-2-303 explicitly provided that a marital agreement was required to “be in writing and signed by both parties.”
In re Marriage of Blaine, 2021 CO 13 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “1, § 14-2-301, 1986 Colo. Sess. Laws 713 , contained similar provisions.”
In Re the Marriage of Goldin, 923 P.2d 376 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “Section 14-2-303, C.R.S. (1987 Repl.Vol. 6B).”
In Re Marriage of Blaine, 2019 COA 164 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Zander, ¶ 29 (applying the Colorado Marital Agreements Act (CMAA), § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 2007, in effect at the time, which required marital agreements to be in writing and signed by the parties in order to be enforceable).”
IN RE the MARRIAGE OF Denise ZANDER, & John Zander, 480 P.3d 676 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “" In the same vein, section 14-2-303 explicitly provided that a marital agreement was required to "be in writing and signed by both parties .”
In re C.G.G., 946 P.2d 603 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997). “See §§ 14-2-303 and 14-2-306, C.R.S.1997; In re Marriage of Goldin, 923 P.”
IN RE the MARRIAGE OF Jack Allen BLAINE, & Qing He, 480 P.3d 691 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “between present spouses, but only if signed by both parties " ) ; § 14-2-303, C.R.S. ( 2013 ) ( providing that a marital agreement was required to "be in writing and signed by both parties " ) ; § 14-2-305, C.”
United States v. Schaeffer (In Re Schaeffer), 201 B.R. 282 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1996). · cites it 2× “He points out that Colorado law permits married parties to enter into valid and enforceable marital agreements without consideration, citing C.R.S. § 14-2-303. Defendant misses the point.”
Marriage of Bailey (Colo. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “2000 (providing that the CMAA is applicable to all premarital agreements signed after July 1, 1986); § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 2024 (applying the later, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act to all premarital agreements signed after July 1, 2014).”
Marriage of Stone (Colo. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” § 14-2-302(1), § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 1986. 3. Analysis ¶ 47 Father first contends that the district court applied the wrong analytical framework when it concluded that mother had “proven by a preponderance of the evidence she did not sign the Agreement.”
Marriage of Stone (Colo. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” § 14-2-302(1), § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 1986. 3. Analysis ¶ 47 Father first contends that the district court applied the wrong analytical framework when it concluded that mother had “proven by a preponderance of the evidence she did not sign the Agreement.”
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-2-303(1): 3 cases
09 In re the Marriage of Zander, 2019 COA 149 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). “” § 14-2-303, C.R.S. 2007. “A marital agreement becomes effective upon marriage, if signed by both parties prior to marriage, or upon the signatures of both parties, if signed after marriage.”
Marriage of Dyar (Colo. Ct. App. 2025).
Marriage of Watters (Colo. Ct. App. 2025).
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