14-2-102. Purposes - rules of construction.

Statute text

(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.

History

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

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

Law reviews. For comment, "Adoptive Sibling Marriage in Colorado: Israel v. Allen", see 51 U. Colo. L. Rev. 135 (1979). For article, "Pre-2014 Same-Sex Common-Law Marriages: Should Federal Precedent Apply Retroactively?", see 47 Colo. Law. 42 (Dec. 2018).

There is no doubt that the public policy of Colorado favors marriage. Lewis v. Colo. Nat'l Bank, 652 P.2d 1106 (Colo. App. 1982).

But policy will not void a forfeiture-on-remarriage trust provision. A forfeiture-on-remarriage provision in a trust is not void on public policy grounds as a restraint on marriage. Lewis v. Colo. Nat'l Bank, 652 P.2d 1106 (Colo. App. 1982).

The policy of the law favoring marriage is without sufficient vigor to overcome the policy in support of effectuating a settlor's intention. Lewis v. Colo. Nat'l Bank, 652 P.2d 1106 (Colo. App. 1982).

Applied in Israel v. Allen, 195 Colo. 263, 577 P.2d 762 (1978).