Colorado Code
Part 2 - Adoption
§ 19-5-209. Petition - Written Home Study Reports



Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 809, § 1, effective October 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 1023, § 3, effective May 29; (1) amended, p. 1064, § 6, effective June 1. L. 2018: (1) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 432, § 75, effective August 8.


Cross references: 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