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§ 19-1-103. Definitions | WomensLaw.org
(1)(a) “Abuse” or “child abuse or neglect”, as used in part 3 of article 3 of this title 19, means an act or omission in one of the following categories that threatens the health or welfare of a child:
(VII) Any case in which a child tests positive at birth for either a schedule I controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-203, C.R.S., or a schedule II controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-204, C.R.S., unless the child tests positive for a schedule II controlled substance as a result of the mother’s lawful intake of such substance as prescribed;
(VIII) Any case in which a child is subjected to human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude, as described in section 18-3-503, or human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, as described in section 18-3-504(2).
(b) In all cases, those investigating reports of child abuse shall take into account accepted child-rearing practices of the culture in which the child participates including, but not limited to, accepted work-related practices of agricultural communities. Nothing in this subsection (1) shall refer to acts that could be construed to be a reasonable exercise of parental discipline or to acts reasonably necessary to subdue a child being taken into custody pursuant to section 19-2-502 that are performed by a peace officer, as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., acting in the good faith performance of the officer’s duties.
(8)(a) “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older; except that any person eighteen years of age or older who is under the continuing jurisdiction of the court, who is before the court for an alleged delinquent act committed prior to the person’s eighteenth birthday, or concerning whom a petition has been filed for the person’s adoption other than under this title shall be referred to as a juvenile.
(10) “Appropriate treatment plan”, as used in section 19-3-508(1)(e), means a treatment plan approved by the court that is reasonably calculated to render the particular respondent fit to provide adequate parenting to the child within a reasonable time and that relates to the child’s needs.
(16) “Board”, as used in article 3.5 of this title, means the Colorado children’s trust fund board created in section 19-3.5-104.
(23.5) “Commercial sexual exploitation of a child” means a crime of a sexual nature committed against a child for financial or other economic reasons.
(28.5) “Consent form”, as used in section 19-5-305(3), means a verified written statement signed by an adult adoptee or an adult adoptee’s consenting birth parent or an adoptive parent of a minor adoptee that has been notarized and that authorizes the release of adoption records or identifying information, to the extent available, by a licensed child placement agency.
(31) “Counsel” means an attorney-at-law who acts as a person’s legal advisor or who represents a person in court.
(34.7) “Crossover youth plan” means the portion of the annual plan as set forth in section 19-2-211 devised in each judicial district by the juvenile services planning committee that outlines identification and notification of dually identified crossover youth as described in section 19-2-211(2).
(34.8) “Custodial adoption”, as used in part 2 of article 5 of this title 19, means an adoption of a child by any person and such person’s spouse, as required under section 19-5-202(3), who:
(36) “Delinquent act”, as used in article 2 of this title 19, means a violation of any statute, ordinance, or order enumerated in section 19-2-104(1)(a). If a juvenile is alleged to have committed or is found guilty of a delinquent act, the classification and degree of the offense is determined by the statute, ordinance, or order that the petition alleges was violated. “Delinquent act” does not include truancy or habitual truancy.
(42.5) “Disability” has the same meaning as set forth in the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., and its related amendments and implementing regulations.
(44)(a) “Diversion” means a decision made by a person with authority or a delegate of that person that results in specific official action of the legal system not being taken in regard to a specific juvenile or child and in lieu thereof providing or referring the juvenile or child to individually designed program or activity, if necessary, provided by district attorney’s offices, governmental units, or nongovernmental units. The goal of diversion is to prevent further involvement of the juvenile or child in the formal legal system.
(b) Diversion of a juvenile or child may take place either at the prefiling level as an alternative to the filing of a petition pursuant to section 19-2-512 or postfiling as an alternative to adjudication. Services may include restorative justice practices as defined in section 19-1-103(94.1).
(44.7) “Dually identified crossover youth” means youth who are currently involved in the juvenile justice system and the child welfare system or have a history in the child welfare system that includes, but is not limited to, a family assessment response service plan or an open case.
(b)(I) Real property that is held in joint ownership or ownership in common with the juvenile’s spouse, while being used and occupied by the spouse as a place of residence, shall not be considered a part of the estate of the juvenile for the purposes of section 19-2-114.
(II) Real property that is held by the juvenile’s parent, while being used and occupied by such parent as a place of residence, shall not be considered a part of the estate of the parent for the purposes of section 19-2-114.
(51.3) “Foster care” means the placement of a child into the legal custody or legal authority of a county department of human or social services for physical placement of the child in a kinship care placement or certified or licensed facility or the physical placement of a juvenile committed to the custody of the state department of human services into a community placement.
(51.7) “Foster care prevention services” means mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs, kinship navigator programs, and other programs eligible for reimbursement under the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act” that are trauma-informed, promising, supported or well-supported, and provided to prevent foster care placement.
(56)(a) “Grandparent” means a person who is the parent of a child’s father or mother, who is related to the child by blood, in whole or by half, adoption, or marriage.
(b) “Grandparent”, as used in sections 19-1-117 and 19-1-117.5, has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (56); except that “grandparent” does not include the parent of a child’s legal father or mother whose parental rights have been terminated in accordance with sections 19-5-101 and 19-1-104(1)(d).
(56.5) “Great-grandparent”, as used in sections 19-1-117 and 19-1-117.5, means a person who is the grandparent of a child’s father or mother, who is related to the child by blood, in whole or by half, adoption, or marriage. “Great-grandparent” does not include the grandparent of a child’s legal father or mother whose parental rights have been terminated in accordance with sections 19-5-101 and 19-1-104(1)(d).
(62.5) “Human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude” means an act as described in section 18-3-503.
(62.6) “Human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude” means an act as described in section 18-3-504(2).
(65) “Independent living” means a form of placement out of the home arranged and supervised by the county department of human or social services where the child is established in a living situation designed to promote and lead to the child’s emancipation. Independent living must only follow some other form of placement out of the home.
(65.5) “Indian child’s tribe” means:
(66) “Institutional abuse”, as used in part 3 of article 3 of this title 19, means any case of abuse, as defined in subsection (1) of this section, that occurs in any public or private facility in the state that provides child care out of the home, supervision, or maintenance. “Institutional abuse” includes an act or omission that threatens the life, health, or welfare of a child or a person who is younger than twenty-one years of age who is under the continuing jurisdiction of the court pursuant to this title 19. “Institutional abuse” does not include abuse that occurs in any public, private, or parochial school system, including any preschool operated in connection with said system; except that, to the extent the school system provides extended day services, abuse that occurs while such services are provided is institutional abuse. For the purposes of this subsection (66), “facility” means a residential child care facility, specialized group facility, foster care home, family child care home, or any other facility subject to the Colorado “Child Care Licensing Act”, part 1 of article 6 of title 26; noncertified kinship care providers that provide care for children with an open child welfare case who are in the legal custody of a county department; or a facility or community placement, as described in section 19-2-403, for a juvenile committed to the custody of the department of human services. “Facility” does not include any adult detention or correctional facility.
(67) “Intrafamilial abuse”, as used in part 3 of article 3 of this title, means any case of abuse, as defined in subsection (1) of this section, that occurs within a family context by a child’s parent, stepparent, guardian, legal custodian, or relative, by a spousal equivalent, as defined in subsection (101) of this section, or by any other person who resides in the child’s home or who is regularly in the child’s home for the purpose of exercising authority over or care for the child; except that “intrafamilial abuse” shall not include abuse by a person who is regularly in the child’s home for the purpose of rendering care for the child if such person is paid for rendering care and is not related to the child.
(69) “Juvenile community review board”, as used in article 2 of this title 19, means any board appointed by a board of county commissioners for the purpose of reviewing community placements under article 2 of this title 19. The board, if practicable, includes but is not limited to a representative from a county department of human or social services, a local school district, a local law enforcement agency, a local probation department, a local bar association, the division of youth services, and private citizens.
(71.5) “Kinship adoption”, as used in part 2 of article 5 of this title, means an adoption of a child by a relative of the child and such relative’s spouse, as required under section 19-5-202(3), who:
(e) Medical information about the adult adoptee’s birth;
(87.5) “Public adoption”, as used in part 2 of article 5 of this title 19, means an adoption involving a child who is in the legal custody and guardianship of the county department of human or social services that has the right to consent to adoption for that child.
(87.7) “Qualified individual” means a trained professional or licensed clinician, as defined in the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act”.
(87.9) “Qualified residential treatment program” means a licensed and accredited program that has a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed to address the child’s or youth’s needs, including clinical needs, as appropriate, of children and youth with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances in accordance with section 201(a)(4) of the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act”, and is able to implement the treatment identified for the child or youth by the assessment of the child required in section 19-1-115(4)(e)(I).
(94.1) “Restorative justice” means those practices that emphasize repairing the harm to the victim and the community caused by criminal acts. Restorative justice practices may include victim-offender conferences attended voluntarily by the victim, a victim advocate, the offender, community members, and supporters of the victim or the offender that provide an opportunity for the offender to accept responsibility for the harm caused to those affected by the crime and to participate in setting consequences to repair the harm. Consequences recommended by the participants may include, but need not be limited to, apologies, community service, restoration, and counseling. The selected consequences are incorporated into an agreement that sets time limits for completion of the consequences and is signed by all participants. Any statements made during the restorative justice process are confidential and shall not be used against the juvenile, or as a basis for charging or prosecuting the juvenile, unless the juvenile commits a chargeable offense during the process. Nothing precludes a person from reporting child abuse or neglect when required under section 19-3-304, or a mental health provider from complying with a duty to warn under section 13-21-117(2).
(98.5) “Sibling group”, as used in article 3 and article 5 of this title 19, means biological siblings.
(99) “Special county attorney”, as used in article 3 of this title 19, means an attorney hired by a county attorney or city attorney of a city and county or hired by a county department of human or social services with the concurrence of the county attorney or city attorney of a city and county to prosecute dependency and neglect cases.
(100) “Special respondent”, as used in article 3 of this title 19, means any person who is not a parent, guardian, or legal custodian and who is voluntarily or involuntarily joined in a dependency or neglect proceeding for the limited purposes of protective orders or inclusion in a treatment plan, and for the grounds outlined in sections 19-3-502 (6)and 19-3-503 (4).
(106.5) “Temporary shelter” means the temporary placement of a child with kin, as defined in subsection (71.3) of this section; with an adult with a significant relationship with the child; or in a licensed and certified twenty-four-hour care facility.
(109.5) “Trauma-informed” refers to the services to be provided to or on behalf of a child or youth under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma- specific interventions to address trauma’s consequences and facilitate healing.
(110) “Trust fund”, as used in article 3.5 of this title, means the Colorado children’s trust fund created in section 19-3.5-106.
(111.5) “Updated medical history statement” means a written narrative statement dated and signed by a birth parent about the medical history of the birth parent or other biological relatives of the adoptee that can be voluntarily submitted by the birth parent to the state registrar for future disclosure to the birth parent’s adult child who is an adult adoptee or an adult descendant of the adoptee or legal representative of such person in accordance with the provisions of section 19-5-305(1.5).
(112)(a) “Victim”, as used in article 2 of this title, means the party immediately and directly aggrieved by the juvenile, that party’s spouse, the party’s parent, sibling, or child who is living with the party, a victim compensation board that has paid a victim compensation claim, a person or entity who has suffered losses because of a contractual relationship with such party, including, but not limited to, an insurer, or because of liability under section 14-6-110, C.R.S., or, in the absence of any of the above, the state.