Colorado Code
Part 2 - Adoption
§ 19-5-203. Availability for Adoption






















Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1, effective October 1; (1)(f) amended, p. 1587, § 61, effective October 1. L. 94: (1)(g) and (1)(i) amended, p. 2688, § 211, effective July 1. L. 97: (1)(d)(II) amended, p. 1161, § 4, effective July 1. L. 98: (1)(f) amended, p. 822, § 29, effective August 5; (1)(e) amended, p. 1410, § 73, effective February 1, 1999. L. 99: (1)(j) and (1)(k) added, p. 1062, § 3, effective June 1. L. 2005: (1)(b) amended, p. 765, § 25, effective June 1. L. 2007: (1)(d.5) added, p. 837, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2011: (1)(i) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1158, § 38, effective August 10. L. 2012: (1)(d)(II), (1)(d.5)(II), (1)(j), and (1)(k) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 878, § 140, effective July 1. L. 2018: (1)(d.5)(II) and IP(1)(h) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 426, § 69, effective August 8; (1)(f) amended, (SB 18-095), ch. 96, p. 754, § 11, effective August 8. L. 2021: (1)(f) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 735, § 87, 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Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 § 19-4-107 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-095, see section 1 of chapter 96, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 19 - Children's Code

Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption

Part 2 - Adoption

§ 19-5-200.2. Legislative Declaration

§ 19-5-201. Who May Be Adopted

§ 19-5-202. Who May Adopt

§ 19-5-202.5. Adoption Hearings - Termination Appeals - Court Docket Priority - Exceptions

§ 19-5-203. Availability for Adoption

§ 19-5-204. Venue

§ 19-5-205. Adoption Decree of Foreign Country Approved

§ 19-5-205.5. Nonpublic Agency Interstate and Foreign Adoptions - Legislative Declaration - Authority for State Department to Select Agencies

§ 19-5-206. Placement for Purposes of Adoption

§ 19-5-207. Written Consent and Home Study Report for Public Adoptions - Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks - Investigation - Rules

§ 19-5-207.3. Placement of Sibling Groups

§ 19-5-207.5. Legislative Declaration - Standardized Home Studies - Adoptive Family Resource Registry - Rules

§ 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