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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-4-103 (2026)

Relationship not dependent on marriage

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The parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents.

Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 793, § 1, effective October 1. Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-6-103 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: In re Marriage of Hogsett & Neale, 2021 CO 1 (Colo. 2021).
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In re Marriage of Hogsett & Neale, 2021 CO 1 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “, § 19-4-103, C.R.S. (2020) (providing that for purposes of the Uniform Parentage Act, “[t]he parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents”); ch.”
In re the Marriage of Edi L. HOGSETT v. Marcia E. NEALE, 478 P.3d 713 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “, § 19-4-103, C.R.S. ( 2020 ) ( providing that for purposes of the Uniform Parentage Act , " [t] he parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents" ) ; ch.”
In re the Parental Responsibilities of A.R.L., 318 P.3d 581 (Colo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 19-4-103, C.R.S.2018. And at the heart of any parentage decision is the child's best interests.”
Est. of David v. Snelson, 776 P.2d 813 (Colo. 1989). · cites it 3× “That the effect of an adoption decree entered after section 15-ll-109(l)(a) became effective is to divest adopted children of the right to inherit from their natural parents finds additional support in section 19-4-103(4), 8 C.R.S. (1981), renumbered as § 19-5-104(4), 8B C.”
Lewis v. Schneider, 890 P.2d 148 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “See also § 19-4-103, C.R.S. (1993 Cum.Supp.). II. The personal representative next asserts that the trial court erred in allowing Lewis to establish the paternity of Schneider notwithstanding the time limitation contained in Colorado’s Uniform Parentage Act, § 19-4-107(l)(b), C.”
People in Interest of AD, 706 P.2d 7 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “Section 19-4-103(2), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol.”
Nah v. Sls, 9 P.3d 354 (Colo. 2000). “, § 19-4-103, 6 C.R.S. (1999) ("Relationship not dependent on marriage"), the Act does not rely on the concept of "legitimacy" at all.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-4-103(2) — 1 case
People in Interest of AD, 706 P.2d 7 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). “Section 19-4-103(2), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-4-103(4) — 1 case
Est. of David v. Snelson, 776 P.2d 813 (Colo. 1989). “That the effect of an adoption decree entered after section 15-ll-109(l)(a) became effective is to divest adopted children of the right to inherit from their natural parents finds additional support in section 19-4-103(4), 8 C.R.S. (1981), renumbered as § 19-5-104(4), 8B C.”
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