Article 10 - Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act
14-10-112. Separation agreement.
(1) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a marriage attendant upon their separation or the dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into a written separation agreement containing provisions for the maintenance of either of them, the disposition of any property owned by either of them, and the custody, support, and parenting time of their children.
(2) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation, the terms of the separation agreement, except terms providing for the custody, support, and parenting time of children, are binding upon the court unless it finds, after considering the economic circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence produced by the parties, on their own motion or on request of the court, that the separation agreement is unconscionable.
(3) If the court finds the separation agreement unconscionable, the court may request the parties to submit a revised separation agreement, or the court may make orders for the disposition of property, support, and maintenance.
(4) If the court finds that the separation agreement is not
unconscionable as to support, maintenance, and property:
(a) Unless the separation agreement provides to the contrary, its terms
shall be set forth in the decree of dissolution or legal separation, and the
parties shall be ordered to perform them; or
(b) If the separation agreement provides that its terms shall not be set
forth in the decree, the decree shall identify the separation agreement and
shall state that the court has found the terms not unconscionable.
(5) Terms of the agreement set forth in the decree may be enforced by all remedies available for the enforcement of a judgment, including contempt, but are no longer enforceable as contract terms.
(6) Except for terms concerning the support, custody, or parenting time of children, the decree may expressly preclude or limit modification of terms set forth in the decree if the separation agreement so provides.