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CO Code § 19-3-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 5 - Petition, Adjudication, Disposition|§ 19-3-504. Contempt - Warrant

  Any person summoned or required to appear as provided in section 19-3-503 who has acknowledged service and fails to appear without reasonable cause may be proceeded against for contempt of court.    If after reasonable effort the summons cannot be served or if the welfare of the child requires that he be brought immediately into the custody of the court, a bench warrant may be issued for the respondent or for the child.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 781, § 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    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-3-104 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Neither the Colorado Children's Code nor C.R.C.P. 107 authorizes default judgment as a sanction against a parent for failing to appear at a dependency and neglect adjudicatory hearing. People in Interest of K.J.B., 2014 COA 168 , 342 P.3d 597.
CO Code § 19-3-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-601. Short Title

 This part 6 shall be known and may be cited as the “Parent-Child Legal Relationship Termination Act of 1987”.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 787, § 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    Editor's note:   This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-11-101 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Adoption Procedures of Minor Children in Colorado”, see 12 Colo. Law. 1057 (1983).   There is no statutory authority for a guardian ad litem to exercise “protective supervision” over one or both parents pursuant to subsection (1)(a). People ex rel. E.D., 221 P.3d 65 (Colo. App. 2009).
CO Code § 19-3-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-603. Notice - Abandonment

 Before a termination of the parent-child legal relationship based on abandonment can be ordered, the petitioner shall file, only if the location of a parent remains unknown, an affidavit stating what efforts have been made to locate the parent or parents of the child subject to the motion for termination. Such affidavit shall be filed not later than ten days prior to the hearing.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 788, § 1, effective October 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 521, § 9, 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 19-11-104 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Guardian ad litem may file the motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship as guardian of the child's best interests even though the state is the exclusive party to bring a petition in dependency and neglect. People in Interest of M.N., 950 P.2d 674 (Colo. App. 1997).   Applied in People in Interest of K.C., 685 P.2d 1377 (Colo. App. 1984).
CO Code § 19-3-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-606. Review of Child's Disposition Following Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship

  The court, at the conclusion of a hearing in which it ordered the termination of a parent-child legal relationship, shall order that a review hearing be held not later than ninety days following the date of the termination. At such hearing the agency or individual vested with custody of the child shall report to the court what disposition of the child, if any, has occurred, and the guardian ad litem shall submit a written report with recommendations to the court, based upon an independent investigation, for the best disposition of the child. Any report required under this subsection (1) shall be subject to the provisions of section 19-1-309.    If no adoption has taken place within a reasonable time and the court determines that adoption is not immediately feasible or appropriate, the court may order that provision be made immediately for alternative long-term placement of the child.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 790, § 1, effective October 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 944, § 5, effective March 27. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1012, § 7, 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 19-11-106 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Report-Writing Tips for Guardians ad Litem in Dependency and Neglect Cases”, see 31 Colo. Law. 87 (Oct. 2002).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Guardian ad litem may have access to confidential adoption information. Guardian ad litem appointed in prior dependency and neglect proceeding may have access to the name and address of adoptive home for preparation of report required by section. People in Interest of M.C.P., 768 P.2d 1253 (Colo. App. 1988).   Applied in People in Interest of P.N., 663 P.2d 253 (Colo. 1983).
CO Code § 19-3-607 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-607. Expert Testimony

  An indigent parent has the right to have appointed one expert witness of his or her own choosing whose reasonable fees and expenses, subject to the review and approval by the office of the respondent parents' counsel, shall be paid by the state of Colorado pursuant to section 19-3-610.    All ordered evaluations shall be made available to counsel at least fifteen days prior to the hearing.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 790, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2016: (1) amended,(SB 16-205), ch. 216, p. 830, § 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 19-11-107 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For casenote, “People in the Interest of A.M.D.: Are Parental Rights Terminated Too Easily in Colorado?”, see 55 U. Colo. L. Rev. 423 (1984).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   By taking advantage of opportunity to have an expert appointed by the court pursuant to this section, an individual submits to the disclosure of the evaluation to all parties and waives any psychologist-patient privilege which may have attached. People in Interest of T.S.B., 757 P.2d 1112 (Colo. App. 1988), aff'd, 785 P.2d 132 (Colo. 1990).   Attorney-client privilege did not attach to expert evaluation conducted by expert appointed under this section. D.A.S. v. People, 863 P.2d 291 (Colo. 1993).   Provisions of subsection (2) may be waived by a party in interest. People ex rel. J.F., 672 P.2d 544 (Colo. App. 1983).   Applied in People in Interest of A.M.D., 648 P.2d 625 (Colo. 1982); People in Interest of T.R.S., 717 P.2d 1025 (Colo. App. 1986); People in Interest of L.G., 737 P.2d 431 (Colo. App. 1987).
CO Code § 19-3-608 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-608. Effect of Decree

  An order for the termination of the parent-child legal relationship divests the child and the parent of all legal rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations with respect to each other, but it shall not modify the child's status as an heir at law which shall cease only upon a final decree of adoption.    No order or decree entered pursuant to this part 6 shall disentitle a child to any benefit due him from any third person, including, but not limited to, any Indian tribe, any agency, any state, or the United States.    After the termination of a parent-child legal relationship, the former parent is not entitled to any notice of proceedings for the adoption of the child by another, nor has he any right to object to the adoption or to otherwise participate in such proceedings.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 790, § 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 19-11-108 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Representing the Mentally Retarded or Disabled Parent in a Colorado Dependent or Neglected Child Action”, see 11 Colo. Law. 693 (1982).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Termination includes the elimination of any right of continued visitation between parent and child, including such rights provided in a court order. People in Interest of M.M., 726 P.2d 1108 (Colo. 1986).
CO Code § 19-3-609 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-609. Appeals

  Appeals of court decrees made under this part 6 shall be given precedence on the calendar of the appellate court over all other matters unless otherwise provided by law.    Whenever an appeal is made under this part 6, an indigent parent, upon request, shall be provided a transcript of the trial proceeding for the appeal at the expense of the state pursuant to section 19-3-610.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 790, § 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 19-11-109 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For casenote, “People in the Interest of A.M.D.: Are Parental Rights Terminated Too Easily in Colorado?”, see 55 U. Colo. L. Rev. 423 (1984).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Determination of indigency lies within the discretion of the trial court. Where a party has failed to provide documentation of indigency as ordered by the trial court, the court may deny such party a free transcript and such denial is not error. People in Interest of M.N., 950 P.2d 674 (Colo. App. 1997).   A party who proceeded as an indigent in the trial court may proceed as an indigent on appeal without further authorization unless the court finds, in writing, that the party is no longer entitled to so proceed. The trial court may order the production of any documents or evidence it deems necessary to determine continuing indigency. People in Interest of M.N., 950 P.2d 674 (Colo. App. 1997).   An appointed lawyer for an indigent parent during dependency and neglect proceedings cannot withdraw solely because the lawyer determines the appeal to be without merit. Rather the lawyer must nonetheless file petitions on appeal in accordance with appellate rules. A.L.L. v. People, 226 P.3d 1054 (Colo. 2010).   Minute orders showing that magistrate accepted father's admission, sustained the petition in dependency and neglect, and approved treatment plan for father became appealable upon entry of judgment of termination. People ex rel. T.E.M., 124 P.3d 905 (Colo. App. 2005).   Applied in People in Interest of A.M.D., 648 P.2d 625 (Colo. 1982).
CO Code § 19-3-610 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 6 - Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship|§ 19-3-610. Budgetary Allocation for Expenses

 The general assembly shall make annual appropriations to the office of the respondent parents' counsel for the purpose of meeting the expenses of sections 19-3-607 (1) and 19-3-609 (2) .   History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 791, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(SB 16-205), ch. 216, p. 830, § 2, 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 19-11-110 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
CO Code § 19-3-702.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 7 - Review of Placement|§ 19-3-702.5. Periodic Reviews

  The court shall conduct a periodic review at least every six months and, at the periodic review, shall determine the following:   Whether the child's or youth's safety is protected in the placement;    Whether reasonable efforts have been made to find safe and permanent placement for the child or youth;    The continuing necessity for and the appropriateness of the child's or youth's placement;    The extent of compliance with the individual case plan pursuant to section 19-3-209, and the extent of progress that has been made toward alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating placement out of the home;    A likely time frame in which the child or youth will be returned to a parent or legal guardian or be in a safe and permanent home; and    If the child or youth is not likely to be returned to a parent or legal guardian within six months, a finding about whether the child or youth is in a potential permanent placement and if not, a likely time frame when he or she will be in a safe and permanent home.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added,(HB 19-1219), ch. 237, p. 2354, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 19-3-704 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 7 - Review of Placement|§ 19-3-704. Youth With Disabilities - Incapacitated Persons

  A party may request the court to determine whether a youth is an incapacitated person, as defined in section 15-14-102. The motion must be filed with the court prior to the youth's eighteenth birthday.    If there has been a determination, or if a determination is pending, that a youth is an incapacitated person, as defined in section 15-14-102, then jurisdiction continues as provided in section 19-3-205.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(HB 21-1094), ch. 340, p. 2217, § 7, effective June 25.
CO Code § 19-3-801 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 8 - Task Force on the Collection and Security of Digital Images of Child Abuse or Neglect|§ 19-3-801. To 19-3-805.(repealed)

 Editor's note:    This part 8 was added in 2016 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2019. For the text of this part 8 prior to its repeal in 2019, consult the 2018 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.    Section 19-3-805 provided for the repeal of this part 8, effective July 1, 2019. (SeeL. 2016, p. 1043.)
CO Code § 19-3-901 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 9 - Task Force on High-Quality Parenting Time (Effective Until July 1, 2023)|§ 19-3-901. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and declares that:   Colorado has a strong interest in preserving and strengthening family ties and reducing separation trauma to children who are removed from their birth parents;    The removal and subsequent continued separation between child and birth parent makes sustaining primary relationships difficult and reunification more problematic, and the loss a child experiences when separated from his or her birth parent or parents is profound, sometimes lasting into adulthood;    For these reasons, it is important to establish clear standards to achieve consistent practices relating to the availability of high-quality parenting time for children who have been removed from a birth parent by government action; and    Clear standards and consistent practices will help ensure that all parents and children have a fair process for determining a parenting time plan that is in the best interests of children and that promotes positive outcomes for families.       Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is valuable to create a task force of persons with experience in or knowledge of the child welfare policy system to examine the current policies and statutes governing parenting time, to study best practices for the provision of and determination of individualized plans for parenting time, and to make recommendations to the executive branch and to the general assembly on administrative and legislative changes to support high-quality parenting time in Colorado.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added,(HB 21-1101), ch. 481, p. 3430, § 5, effective July 7.
CO Code § 19-3-902 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 9 - Task Force on High-Quality Parenting Time (Effective Until July 1, 2023)|§ 19-3-902. Definitions

 As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:    “County department” means a county department of human or social services.    “Parenting Time” means any form of contact or engagement between parents, legal custodians, or guardians and children when children are placed in out-of-home care in a case brought pursuant to this article 3.    “State department” means the state department of human services.    “Steering committee” means the task force steering committee created in section 19-3-903.    “Task force” means the task force on high-quality parenting time created in section 19-3-903.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added,(HB 21-1101), ch. 481, p. 3430, § 5, effective July 7.
CO Code § 19-3-905 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 3 - Dependency and Neglect|Part 9 - Task Force on High-Quality Parenting Time (Effective Until July 1, 2023)|§ 19-3-905. Repeal of Part

 This part 9 is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added,(HB 21-1101), ch. 481, p. 3435, § 5, effective July 7.
CO Code § 19-5-100.2 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-100.2. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds that parental relinquishment and adoption of children are important and necessary options to facilitate the permanent placement of minor children if the birth parents are unable or unwilling to provide proper parental care. The general assembly further finds that adoption offers significant psychological, legal, economic, and social benefits not only for children who might otherwise be homeless but also for parents who are unable to care for their children and for adoptive parents who desire children to nurture, care for, and support. Conversely, the general assembly recognizes that disrupted adoptive placements often have a profound and negative impact on individuals, particularly children, involved in the adoption proceedings.    It is the purpose of this article 5 to promote the integrity and finality of adoptions to ensure that children placed in adoptive placements will be raised in stable, loving, and permanent families. It is the further intent of the general assembly that a prospective parent with a disability should not be denied the opportunity to provide a permanent adoptive placement for a child based solely on the parent's disability, as provided for in section 24-34-805 (2). The general assembly intends that by enacting this legislation, it will be protecting children from being uprooted from adoptive placements and from the life-long emotional and psychological trauma that often accompanies being indiscriminately moved.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 746, § 1, effective April 20. L. 2018: (2) amended,(HB 18-1104), ch. 164, p. 1135, § 9, effective April 25.    ANNOTATION   Language of legislative declaration should not be construed to recognize the importance of the adoption process at the cost of denying the rights of a fit biological parent. M.C. v. Adoption Choices of Colo., Inc., , 369 P.3d 659, rev'd on other grounds, 2015 CO 72, 363 P.3d 193 .   Articles 3 and 5 of the Children's Code are not interchangeable for purposes of termination of parental rights. Parental rights cannot be terminated under article 5 if a dependency and neglect action under this article 3 is still active. People in Interest of E.M., 2016 COA 38 M, 417 P.3d 843, aff'd sub nom. People in Interest of L.M., 2018 CO 34, 416 P.3d 875.
CO Code § 19-5-100.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-100.5. Applicability of Article

 Except where indicated otherwise, each provision of this article pertaining to relinquishment or adoption shall apply only to child welfare adoptions and not to private adoptions.   History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added,(HB 10-1106), ch. 278, p. 1273, § 4, effective May 26.
CO Code § 19-5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption|Part 1 - Relinquishment|§ 19-5-102. Venue

  A petition for relinquishment of the parent-child relationship shall be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides. If a child placement agency is involved, the petition may be filed in the county where the child placement agency is located.    A petition for termination of the parent-child legal relationship pursuant to section 19-5-105.5 or section 19-5-105.7 must be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, § 1, effective October 1. L. 88: Entire section R&RE, p. 746, § 16, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 938, § 1, effective March 21. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(HB 14-1162), ch. 167, p. 591, § 5, 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 19-1-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.