Chapter 14 — Applicable Colorado Laws

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| 1 — Charged with Domestic Violence? | 2 — Protection Orders | 3 — Domestic Violence | 4 — Domestic Violence Statistics |

| 5 — Stalking | 6 — DV And The Law | 7 — Colorado Judges—Citizen's Review | 8 — Demographics Of Domestic Violence In Colorado |

| 9 — Male Perspective | 10 — Female of the Species | 11 — Violent Women | 12 — Stories Of Violent Women And Abused Men In Colorado |

| 13 — Women Who Killed Their Partners In Colorado | 15 — Social Goals | 16 — Other Sources For Help |

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world can be cured by legislation.

Thomas Brackett Reed

The more laws, the less justice.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator, and Statesman

106 BC-43 BC

It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow.

James Madison, Feb. 27, 1788

Sections

Colorado Laws Related To Domestic Violence And Abuse

Domestic Abuse Discrimination — C.R.S. 10-3-1104.8

Injuries To Be Reported — C.R.S. 12-36-135

Civil Protection Orders — C.R.S. 13-14

Domestic Abuse — C.R.S. 14-4

Uniform Dissolution Of Marriage Act — C.R.S. 14-10

Authority Of Peace Officer To Make An Arrest — C.R.S. 16-3

Release On Bail — C.R.S. 16-4

Court's Duty To Inform And Plea Bargains — C.R.S. 16-7-207

Home Detention Programs — C.R.S. 17-27.8

Alternative Sentencing In Criminal Cases — C.R.S. 18-1.3-101 et seq.

Assaults — C.R.S. 18-3-201 et seq.

Criminal Mischief — C.R.S. 18-4-501

Domestic Violence — C.R.S. 18-1-1001 and 18-6

Perjury And Related Offenses — C.R.S. 18-8-501 et seq.

Offenses Against Public Peace, Order, And Decency — C.R.S. 18-9-111 and 18-9-301 et seq.

Uniform Parentage Act — C.R.S. 19-4-101 et seq.

Open Meetings Law — C.R.S. 24-6-401 and 24-6-402

Criminal Justice Records — C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq.

At Risk Adults — C.R.S. 26-3.1-101 et seq.

Proposed Constitutional Amendments by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D.