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CO Code § 19-5-213 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-213. Compensation for Placing Child Prohibited

     No person shall offer, give, charge, or receive any money or other consideration or thing of value in connection with the relinquishment and adoption, except attorney fees and such other charges and fees as may be approved by the court.    No person, other than an adoption exchange whose membership includes county departments and child placement agencies, a licensed child placement agency, or a county department, shall offer, give, charge, or receive any money or other consideration or thing of value in connection with locating or identifying for purposes of adoption any child, natural parent, expectant natural parent, or prospective adoptive parent; except that physicians and attorneys may charge reasonable fees for professional services customarily performed by such persons.    A child who is placed by a county department in a foster care home operated by a child placement agency shall be deemed, for purposes of payment to the child placement agency, to remain in foster care status for purposes of payment of consideration to the child placement agency until the date that the final decree of adoption is entered or until the date that the child is returned to his or her biological parent's home, unless otherwise negotiated in the contract between the child placement agency and the county department.       [ ] Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for ninety days in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (2) [ ] Any person who violates the provisions of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 811, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 970, § 4, effective June 2. L. 2021: (2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3221, § 391, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-4-115 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.    Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that changes to this section apply to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.     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).   Trial court may reduce claimed attorney fees when they are excessive. People in Matter of K.M.K., 780 P.2d 43 (Colo. App. 1989).
CO Code § 19-5-216 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 2 - Adoption|§ 19-5-216. Increased Access for Adoption - Study

     The state department shall examine and evaluate the process of adoptive placements of children in the legal custody of the county departments of human or social services and identify those aspects of the process that may be improved to achieve the ultimate goal of permanency for the greatest number of children in safe and healthy adoptive homes. In conducting this analysis, the state department should consider, but need not be limited to, the following:   The best means by which to increase county accessibility to qualified families seeking to adopt and the best means by which to achieve placement of children available for adoption with such families;    Whether further automation would be conducive to the achievement of permanency of children;    The need for centralization of information;    The benefits of additional standardization;    The resources of other interested entities or foundations that may be available to support public adoptions;    The programs and systems developed by other states to achieve maximum access and expedited permanency for children in safe and healthy adoptive homes; and    The methods used to reduce the number of disruptions in adoptive homes.         The executive director of the department is authorized to accept and expend on behalf of the state any funds, grants, gifts, or donations from any private or public source for the purpose of implementing this section; except that no gift, grant, or donation shall be accepted if the conditions attached thereto require the expenditure thereof in a manner contrary to law. (b) (I) The executive director of the department is authorized to accept and expend on behalf of the state any funds, grants, gifts, or donations from any private or public source for the purpose of implementing this section; except that no gift, grant, or donation shall be accepted if the conditions attached thereto require the expenditure thereof in a manner contrary to law.    The executive director of the department is authorized to apply for a federal waiver, if necessary, to authorize the use of federal grant moneys to implement this section.          Repealed.      History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 1024, § 4, effective May 29. L. 2002: (2) repealed, p. 882, § 20, effective August 7. L. 2018: IP(1)(a) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 433, § 78, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 19-5-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 3 - Access to Adoption Information|§ 19-5-301. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that adult adoptees, adoptive parents, biological parents, and biological siblings should have a right of access to certain records regarding their or their child's adoption or the adoption of their offspring or siblings as outlined in section 19-5-305 and that such a right must coexist with the right of such parties to privacy and confidentiality. The general assembly also finds that an adult adoptee, his biological or adoptive parent, or his biological sibling may desire to obtain information about each other at different points in time. Furthermore, the general assembly finds that confidentiality from the general public is essential to the adoption process and that any procedure to access information which relates to an adoption to search for unknown relatives through a confidential intermediary or a licensed child placement agency must be designed to maintain confidentiality and to respect the wishes of all involved parties.      It is the purpose of this part 3 to establish a confidential process whereby adult adoptees and adoptive parents who desire information concerning their or their child's adoption and biological parents and siblings who desire information concerning an adult adoptee may pursue access to such information.    The general assembly further finds and declares that the purpose of establishing the confidential process set forth in this part 3 is to create a pool of individuals who the courts and interested parties may call upon to initiate a search for a biological relative. It is not the intent of the general assembly that such process shall be construed as the regulation of an occupation or profession.         History. Source: L. 89: Entire part added, p. 940, § 1, effective March 27. L. 2014: (1) amended,(SB 14-051), ch. 260, p. 1048, § 4, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Actual controversy between adverse parties must exist if a court is to sua sponte address the constitutionality of a statute. Juvenile court's ruling that this part 3 is unconstitutional was impermissible exercise of judicial authority since the issue was raised on behalf of unidentified parties that were not before the court on court's own motion in order to create a controversy that it then proceeded to decide. In re Tomlinson, 851 P.2d 170 (Colo. 1993).
CO Code § 19-5-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 3 - Access to Adoption Information|§ 19-5-306. Public Information Campaign

 The executive directors of the department of human services and the department of public health and environment, or such executive directors' designees, shall work together to design and implement efforts within existing appropriations to assist in informing the public about the existence and availability of the confidential intermediary process established in this part 3 and the voluntary adoption registry established pursuant to section 25-2-113.5 , C.R.S., to inform the public about the change in the availability of adoption records, including birth certificates, and other records related to the adoption process as set forth in section 19-5-305 , and to inform birth parents about the opportunity to complete contact preference forms and submit updated medical history statements as set forth in section 19-5-305 . Such efforts shall be implemented within existing appropriations on and after July 1, 2005, by disseminating information to the public through child placement agencies and through the use of public service announcements and such other additional means of communication as the executive directors or their designees determine appropriate. The public information campaign shall also provide referral information on community resources that may be available to the adoption triad to assist them in dealing with issues that arise in searches and reunifications with relatives or in deciding not to seek contact or information about relatives. Such resources shall include a variety of sources, including child placement agencies, social workers, therapists and faith-based counselors, and organizations designed to provide support to members of the adoption triad.   History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 1132, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 993, § 6, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-5-307 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 3 - Access to Adoption Information|§ 19-5-307. Child Placement Agency - Transfer of Records

 If a child placement agency terminates its child placement activities, prior to termination of services, the child placement agency shall microfilm or preserve with state-of-the-art record storage methods as prescribed by the department of human services any relevant files on adoptions and transfer them to the division in the department of human services responsible for child care licensing. The state board of human services shall promulgate rules to require child placement agencies to scan adoption records for purposes of transferring them upon termination of child placement activities to the division in the department of human services responsible for child care licensing.   History. Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 1372, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 970, § 5, effective June 2.
CO Code § 19-5-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 4 - Access to Nonidentifying Adoption Information|§ 19-5-402. Access to Nonidentifying Information

 Any adult adoptee or any adoptive parent may request nonidentifying information about the adoptee or the birth parents of the adoptee from the department. The department shall provide directly to the inquiring adult adoptee or adoptive parent or to the qualified agency selected pursuant to section 19-5-403 the nonidentifying information which is available to the department. The department shall adopt rules governing the disclosure of nonidentifying information.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire part added, p. 656, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-5-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 4 - Access to Nonidentifying Adoption Information|§ 19-5-403. Authority for Department to Select Agencies

 The department is authorized to select private, licensed child placement agencies authorized to handle adoptions for the disclosure of nonidentifying information pursuant to this part 4. The department shall, by rule, establish qualifying criteria by which the licensed child placement agencies authorized to handle adoptions shall be selected, which criteria shall include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement that the agencies maintain all information which identifies members of the birth family strictly confidential.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire part added, p. 656, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 19-7-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 7 - Youth in Foster Care|Part 1 - Protections for Youth in Foster Care|§ 19-7-102. Protection Against Identity Theft

  The court shall ensure that each youth in foster care who is in the legal custody of a county department of human or social services or the department of human services and who is at least sixteen years of age obtains or receives free annual credit reports from the department of human services or a county department of human or social services. The county department of human or social services or the department of human services shall inform the court with jurisdiction over the youth, if any, of any inaccuracies in a report and refer the matter to a governmental or nonprofit entity on the referral list developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section for assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies in a report if the credit report shows evidence of possible identity theft. The child's guardian ad litem shall advise the youth of possible consequences of and options to address the possible identity theft, including the right to report the matter to law enforcement and seek possible prosecution of the offender.      On or before July 31, 2012, the department of human services shall develop, in consultation with county departments of human or social services, a referral list of governmental and nonprofit entities that are authorized to assist a youth in foster care who has found evidence of possible identity theft on his or her credit report. An entity on the referral list developed pursuant to this subsection (2) is authorized to take any necessary remedial actions to clear the youth's credit record and shall report the results of its actions to the department of human services or the county department of human or social services with legal custody of the youth.    In compiling the referral list pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, the state department of human services, and any county departments of human or social services consulted therein, are not subject to liability pursuant to the extent provided by article 10 of title 24.         History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added,(SB 11-120), ch. 102, p. 322, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2013: (1) and (2)(a) amended,(SB 13-047), ch. 359, p. 2107, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2018: (2)(b) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 434, § 80, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 19-7-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 7 - Youth in Foster Care|Part 1 - Protections for Youth in Foster Care|§ 19-7-103. Access to Extracurricular Activities - Legislative Declaration - Rules

  The general assembly finds and declares that it is important for youth in foster care, excluding those in the custody of the division of youth services or a state mental hospital, to have increased access to normative, developmentally appropriate extracurricular activities to help prepare them for independence. Foster parents and group home parents or group center administrators shall make a reasonable effort to allow a youth in their care to participate in extracurricular, cultural, educational, work-related, and personal enrichment activities. The department of human services shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this section. The rules must address policies, including but not limited to waiver of any fingerprint-based criminal history records checks for community entities, excluding all individuals required to obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history records check pursuant to section 26-6-107, providing extracurricular activities and guidelines for determining in what situations it is appropriate to waive fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, to allow youth in foster care, excluding those in the custody of the division of youth services or a state mental hospital, who are twelve years of age and older to participate in age-appropriate extracurricular enrichment, social activities, and activities designed to assist those youth to make the transition to independence, build life skills, and enhance opportunities to make positive connections.    If the state department of human services or a county department of human or social services waives the fingerprint-based criminal history record checks pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the state department of human services or county department of human or social services are not subject to liability pursuant to the extent provided by article 10 of title 24.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added,(SB 11-120), ch. 102, p. 322, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2017: (1) amended,(HB 17-1329), ch. 381, p. 1979, § 45, effective June 6. L. 2018: (2) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 434, § 81, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 19-7-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 7 - Youth in Foster Care|Part 1 - Protections for Youth in Foster Care|§ 19-7-104. Subjects Included Within Training for Certified Foster Parents - Rules

  Rules promulgated by the state department of human services that prescribe training for foster care parents prior to placement of a child or youth must include training on the following subjects:   The effects of child abuse and neglect on child development;    Health issues in foster care, including health services available to children and youth in foster care;    The right of a child or youth in foster care to have fair and equal access to all available services, placement, care, treatment, and benefits, and to not be subjected to discrimination or harassment on the basis of actual or perceived disability, race, creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, or any communicable disease, including HIV, of the child or youth;    The rights of siblings in foster care, as set forth in section 19-7-203; and    Understanding the role of a child welfare education liaison, as described in section 22-32-138 (2).       Rules promulgated by the state department of human services that prescribe post-placement annual training for foster care parents must include training on the following subjects:   Health issues in foster care;    The importance of child and youth self-esteem;    Emancipation and independent living skills, as appropriate;    The rights of siblings in foster care, as set forth in section 19-7-203; and    The right of a child or youth in foster care to have fair and equal access to all available services, placement, care, treatment, and benefits, and not be subjected to discrimination or harassment on the basis of actual or perceived disability, race, creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, or any communicable disease, including HIV, of the child or youth.       Nothing in this section precludes the state department of human services or a county department of human or social services from requiring foster parent training in excess of the requirements in this section.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(HB 21-1072), ch. 43, p. 184, § 2, effective April 19.
CO Code § 19-7-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 7 - Youth in Foster Care|Part 2 - Youth Siblings in Foster Care|§ 19-7-201. Short Title

 The short title of this part 2 is the “Foster Youth Siblings Bill of Rights”.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations,(HB 19-1288), ch. 216, p. 2234, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 19-7-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 7 - Youth in Foster Care|Part 2 - Youth Siblings in Foster Care|§ 19-7-202. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and declares that it is beneficial for a youth placed in foster care to be able to continue relationships with the youth's siblings, regardless of age, so that siblings may share their strengths and association in their everyday and often common experiences.    The general assembly further finds and declares that it is the responsibility of all adults involved in a youth's life, including but not limited to county departments, parents, foster parents, guardians ad litem, court-appointed special advocates, next of kin, treatment providers, and others, to seek opportunities to foster those sibling relationships to promote continuity and help to sustain family relationships.    Because the number of family foster homes in Colorado is often insufficient to meet the needs of youth, including sibling groups, it is, therefore, Colorado's goal to continue to recruit foster families and build resources sufficient to meet this need.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations,(HB 19-1288), ch. 216, p. 2234, § 2, effective August 2.