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.
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Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption
§ 19-5-200.2. Legislative Declaration
§ 19-5-201. Who May Be Adopted
§ 19-5-202.5. Adoption Hearings - Termination Appeals - Court Docket Priority - Exceptions
§ 19-5-203. Availability for Adoption
§ 19-5-205. Adoption Decree of Foreign Country Approved
§ 19-5-206. Placement for Purposes of Adoption
§ 19-5-207.3. Placement of Sibling Groups
§ 19-5-208. Petition for Adoption - Open Adoption - Post-Adoption Contact Agreement
§ 19-5-209. Petition - Written Home Study Reports
§ 19-5-210. Hearing on Petition
§ 19-5-211. Legal Effects of Final Decree
§ 19-5-212. Copies of Order of Adoption - to Whom Given
§ 19-5-213. Compensation for Placing Child Prohibited
§ 19-5-213.5. Unauthorized Advertising for Adoption Purposes - Exceptions - Penalty - Definitions
§ 19-5-214. Limitation on Annulment of Adoption - Best Interests Standard
§ 19-5-216. Increased Access for Adoption - Study
§ 19-5-217. Enforcement or Termination of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement