Colorado Code
Part 2 - Adoption
§ 19-5-208. Petition for Adoption - Open Adoption - Post-Adoption Contact Agreement

































Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 808, § 1, effective October 1. L. 97: (4) amended, p. 1165, § 9, effective July 1. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 1025, § 8, effective May 29; (5) and (6) added, p. 1063, § 5, effective June 1. L. 2002: (2.5) added, p. 788, § 9, effective May 30. L. 2004: (5) amended, p. 328, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (5) amended, p. 838, § 2, effective August 3. L. 2012: (1) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 880, § 141, effective July 1. L. 2018: IP(2.5)(a), (2.5)(a)(I), (3), and (6) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 432, § 74, effective August 8. L. 2021: (4.5) added, (HB 21-1101), ch. 481, p. 3427, § 3, effective September 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Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 § 19-4-110 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act enacting subsection (2.5), see section 1 of chapter 217, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, 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