Colorado Code § 14-5-605

Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income- withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party
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The notice must be accompanied by a
copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the
order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same
manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
(2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be
requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 14-5-707;
(3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely
manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged
arrearages; and
(4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must
also:
(1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be
the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
(2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the
controlling order;
(3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the
determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the
controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling
order.
(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support
enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the
income-withholding law of this state.

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