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CO Code § 19-5-102.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-102.5. Relinquishment Hearings - Court Docket Priority

  On and after July 1, 2002, any hearing concerning a petition for relinquishment filed in a district court, the Colorado court of appeals, or the Colorado supreme court shall be given a priority on the court's docket. On and after July 1, 2002, if there is no determination on a case concerning a petition for relinquishment by any such court within two months of the filing of the petition, it shall be given a priority on the court's docket that supersedes the priority of any other priority civil hearing on the court's docket.    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this section shall affect the priority of a hearing concerning the issuance of a temporary protection order pursuant to section 13-14-104.5, C.R.S.    The provisions of this section shall be implemented within existing appropriations.     History. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1644, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1016, § 27, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 556, § 15, effective July 1. L. 2013: (2) amended,(HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1016, § 21, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-5-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-108. When Notice of Relinquishment Proceedings Required

 If the custodial parent has assigned rights to support for a child who is the subject of relinquishment proceedings to the department of human services, notice of the relinquishment proceedings shall be given, by the parent proposing to relinquish a child or by that parent's counsel, to the appropriate delegate child support enforcement unit in cases where there is no adoption proceeding pending.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 613, § 15, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-109. Birth Parent Access to Records Related to Relinquishment of Parental Rights

     in which the relinquishing birth parent is named, including:   The original birth certificate of the child who is being relinquished;    The petition to relinquish;    The final order of relinquishment;    The affidavit of counseling, excluding any attachments and excluding any notes or prerelinquishment counseling documents;    The temporary waiver of custody;    Expedited relinquishment documents, if applicable;    A relinquishment interrogatory from a birth parent;    The order for publication of relinquishment;    The notice to terminate the parent-child legal relationship; and    The medical records of a birth mother related to the pregnancy and birth, which records may only be released by the health-care provider, hospital, or maternity home that created the record.       The custodian of records shall provide the records described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) to the relinquishing birth parent at the time of relinquishment of the child or at the time the document is created.       If the records described in subsection (1) of this section were not provided to a birth parent at the time of the relinquishment of the child or at the time the document was created and if the subsequent termination of the parent-child legal relationship was not the result of a dependency or neglect action, then upon written request and proof of identification of the birth parent, the custodian of records shall provide access to and copies of the records described in subsection (1) of this section to the birth parent. Nothing in this section prevents the release of the records described in subsection (1) of this section to a birth parent who was a minor at the time of the relinquishment of a child in circumstances where the record was signed by a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or legal representative on behalf of the relinquishing birth parent.    A licensed child placement agency is not liable to any person for the failure of a birth parent to request copies of the records described in subsection (1) of this section pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section. A licensed child placement agency or succeeding custodian of records is not liable to any person for failure to produce a copy of a record that did not exist pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes or rules at the time of the relinquishment of the child.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire section added,(HB 14-1042), ch. 261, p. 1050, § 2, effective August 6; IP(1)(a) amended,(HB 14-1162), ch. 167, p. 595, § 10, effective August 6.
CO Code § 19-5-200.2 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-200.2. Legislative Declaration

  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title to the contrary, it is the intent of the general assembly that the court shall protect and promote the best interests of the children who are the subjects of proceedings held pursuant to this part 2 while giving due regard to the interests of any other individuals affected.    The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   It is beneficial for a child placed for adoption to be able to continue relationships with his or her brothers and sisters, regardless of age, in order that the siblings may share their strengths and association in their everyday and often common experiences;    When parents and other adult relatives are no longer available to a child, the child's siblings constitute his or her biological family;    When placing children in adoptive placements, efforts should be made to place siblings together, unless there is a danger of specific harm to a child or it is not in the child's or children's best interests to be placed together. The general assembly further finds that if the county department locates an appropriate, capable, willing, and available joint placement for all of the children in the sibling group, there should be a rebuttable presumption that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is in the best interests of the children. Such presumption should be rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is not in the best interests of a child or of the children.        History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1198, § 1, effective May 19. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 476, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2)(c) amended, p. 2627, § 9, effective June 5.
CO Code § 19-5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-201. Who May Be Adopted

 Any child legally available for adoption as provided in section 19-5-203 , under eighteen years of age, and either present in the state at the time the petition for adoption is filed or under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least six months may be adopted. Upon approval of the court, a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age may be adopted as a child, and all provisions of this part 2 referring to the adoption of a child shall apply to such a person.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(HB 17-1304), ch. 339, p. 1807, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The Adoption of Children in Colorado”, see 37 Dicta 100 (1960). For article, “Adoption Procedures of Minor Children in Colorado”, see 12 Colo. Law, 1057 (1983). For article, “Lawful Permanent Residence and Citizenship for the Adopted Foreign Child”, see 15 Colo. Law. 2207 (1986).   Trial court did not err in exercising jurisdiction in adoption proceeding where child had been in the state for the preceding 23 months and had been placed in the state with the parents' permission. In re Adoption of K.L.L. ex rel. V.M.D., 160 P.3d 383 (Colo. App. 2007).
CO Code § 19-5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-202. Who May Adopt

  Any person twenty-one years of age or older, including a foster parent, may petition the court to decree an adoption.    A minor, upon approval of the court, may petition the court to decree an adoption.    A person having a living spouse from whom he is not legally separated shall petition jointly with such spouse, unless such spouse is the natural parent of the child to be adopted or has previously adopted the child.    A person having a living partner in a civil union from whom the person is not legally separated shall petition jointly with the partner, unless the partner is the natural parent of the child to be adopted or has previously adopted the child.    A person who is a partner in a civil union may adopt a child of the other partner through the same process outlined in section 19-5-203 for a stepparent adoption and shall be considered a stepparent for the purpose of determining whether a child is available for adoption pursuant to section (1).     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1, effective October 1. L. 88: (1) amended, p. 758, § 4, effective May 31. L. 2013: (4) and (5) added,(SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 167, § 24, effective May 1.    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-106 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The Adoption of Children in Colorado”, see 37 Dicta 100 (1960). For article, “Adoption Procedures of Minor Children in Colorado”, see 12 Colo. Law, 1057 (1983). For article, “Lawful Permanent Residence and Citizenship for the Adopted Foreign Child”, see 15 Colo. Law. 2207 (1986).
CO Code § 19-5-202.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-202.5. Adoption Hearings - Termination Appeals - Court Docket Priority - Exceptions

  On and after July 1, 2002, any hearing concerning a petition for adoption filed in a district court, the Colorado court of appeals, or the Colorado supreme court and any hearing concerning a petition filed in the Colorado court of appeals or the Colorado supreme court related to a child who is available for adoption due to an order of the court terminating the parent-child legal relationship shall be given a priority on the court's docket. On and after July 1, 2002, if there is no determination on a case concerning a petition for adoption or a case concerning a child who is available for adoption due to an order of the court terminating the parent-child legal relationship by any such court within six months of the filing of the petition, it shall be given a priority on the court's docket that supersedes the priority of any other priority civil hearing on the court's docket.    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this section shall affect the priority of a hearing concerning the issuance of a temporary protection order pursuant to section 13-14-104.5, C.R.S.    The provisions of this section shall be implemented within existing appropriations.     History. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1643, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1016, § 28, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 557, § 16, effective July 1. L. 2013: (2) amended,(HB 13-1259), ch. 218, p. 1017, § 22, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-5-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-204. Venue

 A petition for adoption shall be filed in the county of residence of the petitioner or in the county in which the placement agency is located.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 806, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-1-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
CO Code § 19-5-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-205. Adoption Decree of Foreign Country Approved

     A petition seeking a decree declaring valid an adoption granted by a court of any country other than the United States of America may be filed at any time by residents of the state of Colorado.    The petition shall contain all information required in section 19-5-207 (2); except that the court shall not require the petition to contain or be accompanied by the written consent described in section 19-5-207 (1), the written home study report described in section (a), the fees described in section 19-5-207.5 (4), or a written legal memorandum with specific references to the applicable law of the foreign country.       The court shall issue a decree declaring valid an adoption granted by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authorized individual or entity of a country other than the United States of America upon a finding that:   At the time the petition is filed, the petition contains a verified statement that at least one of the adopting parents is a citizen and resident of the state of Colorado or other evidence that at least one of the adopting parents is a citizen and resident of the state of Colorado;    The original or a certified copy of a valid foreign adoption decree, together with a notarized translation, is presented to the court; and    The child is either a permanent resident or a naturalized citizen of the United States. A photocopy of the child's resident alien card issued by the immigration and naturalization service of the United States, department of justice, or any successor agency, shall be sufficient evidence that the child is either a permanent resident or a naturalized citizen of the United States. (2.5) The adopting parties filing a petition pursuant to this section shall not be required to be represented by an attorney.       Any decree issued pursuant to this section shall have the same legal effect as any decree of adoption issued by the court.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 806, § 1, effective October 1. L. 97: (1)(b) and (2) amended and (2.5) added, p. 1162, § 5, effective July 1. L. 99: (1)(b) amended, p. 1024, § 5, effective May 29. L. 2011: (2)(c) amended,(HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1158, § 39, effective August 10.    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-107.5 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Lawful Permanent Residence and Citizenship for the Adopted Foreign Child”, see 15 Colo. Law. 2207 (1986).
CO Code § 19-5-207.3 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-207.3. Placement of Sibling Groups

  When a child is placed for adoption by the county department, if the child is part of a sibling group, as defined in section 19-1-103, the county department shall include in the adoption report prepared for the court, the names and current physical custody and location of any siblings of the child who are also available for adoption; except that the names of children, parents, caretakers, and adoptive parents and any means of identifying such persons must not be made available to any party to the adoption proceeding except upon order of the court or as otherwise permitted by law.    If the child is part of a sibling group, the county department shall make thorough efforts to locate a joint placement for all of the children in the sibling group who are available for adoption. If the county department locates an appropriate, capable, willing, and available joint placement for all of the children in the sibling group, it shall be presumed that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is in the best interests of the children. Such presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is not in the best interests of a child or of the children.    If the child is part of a sibling group, as defined in section 19-1-103, and is being placed for adoption by a child placement agency in either a circumstance involving siblings who are the result of a multiple birth or a circumstance in which a parent has relinquished parental rights to the children to a child placement agency, the child placement agency shall make thorough efforts to locate a joint placement for all of the children in the sibling group who are available for adoption. If the child placement agency locates an appropriate, capable, willing, and available joint placement for all of the children in the sibling group, it is presumed that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is in the best interests of the children. Such presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that placement of the entire sibling group in the joint placement is not in the best interests of a child or of the children. If an entire sibling group is not placed together in an adoptive placement, the child placement agency shall place as many siblings of the group together as possible, considering their relationship and the best interests of each child.    Consideration of the placement of children together as a sibling group shall not delay the efforts for expedited permanency planning or permanency planning in order to achieve permanency for each child in the sibling group.     History. Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 477, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) and (3) amended, p. 2628, § 10, effective June 5. L. 2021: (1) and (3) amended,(SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 735, § 89, effective October 1.
CO Code § 19-5-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-209. Petition - Written Home Study Reports

  Except for stepparent adoptions, kinship adoptions, custodial adoptions, and those cases in which placement for adoption has been made by the court, if a petition for the adoption of a child is not accompanied by the written consent and home study report of the qualified county department of human or social services, individual, or a licensed child placement agency approved by the state department of human services pursuant to section 19-5-207.5 (2), the court shall order the county department of human or social services, individual, or licensed child placement agency to make an investigation and file a written home study report substantially in the form outlined in section 19-5-207 (2), including a recommendation as to whether the adoption should be decreed.    In adoptions where a child placement agency or county department has legal guardianship during the interval between initial placement and the final order of adoption, the child placement agency or county department shall supervise the placement with prospective adoptive parents and the child. The court, after notice to all parties in interest and hearing thereon, may, for good cause, terminate said placement if, at any time prior to the final decree of adoption, it appears to the court that said adoption is not in the best interest of the child.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 809, § 1, effective October 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 1023, § 3, effective May 29; (1) amended, p. 1064, § 6, effective June 1. L. 2018: (1) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 432, § 75, effective August 8.    Editor's note:    This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-111 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.    Amendments to subsection (1) by House Bill 99-1218 and House Bill 99-1299 were harmonized.     Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Substantive Changes in Adoption and Relinquishment Law in Colorado”, see 16 Colo. Law. 2183 (1987).
CO Code § 19-5-212 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-212. Copies of Order of Adoption - to Whom Given

  If the court enters an order of adoption, certified copies shall be given to the adopting parents, the person or agency consenting to the adoption, and the state registrar.    The court or the adopting parents or their legal representative shall send to the state registrar an application for a birth certificate, signed by the adoptive parents. The state registrar shall thereupon issue a new birth certificate to the child, as provided in section 25-2-113, C.R.S.    If the child was born outside of Colorado, copies of the order of adoption and application for birth certificate shall be sent to the state registrar of the state of birth and to the registrar of vital statistics in this state. If the application for a birth certificate is denied by the state registrar in the state of birth, the adopting parents may return to the registrar in this state and apply to him to issue a new certificate of birth. The state registrar shall issue a birth certificate upon satisfactory evidence that the adopting parents, after good-faith effort, were unable to obtain a new certificate of birth from the state of birth.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 810, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-114 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The 1951 Amendments to the Relinquishment and Adoption Laws”, see 28 Dicta 227 (1951). For article, “Adoption Procedures of Minor Children in Colorado”, see 12 Colo. Law. 1057 (1983).