Colorado Code
Title 19 - Children's Code
Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption

Part 1 - Relinquishment

§ 19-5-100.2. Legislative Declaration - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 746, § 1,...

§ 19-5-100.5. Applicability of Article - Except where indicated otherwise, each provision of this article pertaining...

§ 19-5-101. Termination of the Parent-Child Legal Relationship - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, § 1,...

§ 19-5-102. Venue - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, § 1,...

§ 19-5-102.5. Relinquishment Hearings - Court Docket Priority - Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1644, § 2,...

§ 19-5-103. Relinquishment Procedure - Petition - Hearings - (2.5) In those cases in which a parent proposes to...

§ 19-5-103.5. Expedited Relinquishment Procedure - Children Under One Year of Age - Other Birth Parents - Notice - Termination - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 869, § 1,...

§ 19-5-103.7. Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment - Children Under One Year of Age - Notice to Other or Possible Parent - Administrative Procedures - Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 95, § 1,...

§ 19-5-104. Final Order of Relinquishment - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 802, § 1,...

§ 19-5-105. Proceeding to Terminate Parent-Child Legal Relationship - (3.1) The court may order the termination of the other...

§ 19-5-105.5. Termination of Parent-Child Legal Relationship Upon a Finding That the Child Was Conceived as a Result of Sexual Assault - Legislative Declaration - Definitions - (4.5) After a petition has been filed pursuant to this...

§ 19-5-105.7. Termination of Parent-Child Legal Relationship in a Case of an Allegation That a Child Was Conceived as a Result of Sexual Assault but in Which No Conviction Occurred - Legislative Declaration - Definitions - Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1162), ch. 167,...

§ 19-5-108. When Notice of Relinquishment Proceedings Required - If the custodial parent has assigned rights to support for...

§ 19-5-109. Birth Parent Access to Records Related to Relinquishment of Parental Rights - Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1042), ch. 261,...

Part 2 - Adoption

§ 19-5-200.2. Legislative Declaration - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1198, § 1,...

§ 19-5-201. Who May Be Adopted - Any child legally available for adoption as provided in section...

§ 19-5-202. Who May Adopt - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1,...

§ 19-5-202.5. Adoption Hearings - Termination Appeals - Court Docket Priority - Exceptions - Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1643, § 1,...

§ 19-5-203. Availability for Adoption - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1,...

§ 19-5-204. Venue - A petition for adoption shall be filed in the county...

§ 19-5-205. Adoption Decree of Foreign Country Approved - (2.5) The adopting parties filing a petition pursuant to this...

§ 19-5-205.5. Nonpublic Agency Interstate and Foreign Adoptions - Legislative Declaration - Authority for State Department to Select Agencies - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1200, § 1,...

§ 19-5-206. Placement for Purposes of Adoption - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 807, § 1,...

§ 19-5-207. Written Consent and Home Study Report for Public Adoptions - Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks - Investigation - Rules - (9) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (9) is...

§ 19-5-207.3. Placement of Sibling Groups - Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 477, § 7,...

§ 19-5-207.5. Legislative Declaration - Standardized Home Studies - Adoptive Family Resource Registry - Rules - Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 1019, § 2,...

§ 19-5-208. Petition for Adoption - Open Adoption - Post-Adoption Contact Agreement - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 808, § 1,...

§ 19-5-209. Petition - Written Home Study Reports - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 809, § 1,...

§ 19-5-210. Hearing on Petition - (1.5) Except in stepparent, second parent, custodial, or kinship adoptions,...

§ 19-5-211. Legal Effects of Final Decree - (1.5) An employer who permits paternity or maternity time off...

§ 19-5-212. Copies of Order of Adoption - to Whom Given - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 810, § 1,...

§ 19-5-213. Compensation for Placing Child Prohibited - (2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is...

§ 19-5-213.5. Unauthorized Advertising for Adoption Purposes - Exceptions - Penalty - Definitions - Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1372), ch. 262,...

§ 19-5-214. Limitation on Annulment of Adoption - Best Interests Standard - Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 811, § 1,...

§ 19-5-216. Increased Access for Adoption - Study - Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 1024, § 4,...

§ 19-5-217. Enforcement or Termination of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1101), ch. 481,...

Part 3 - Access to Adoption Information

§ 19-5-301. Legislative Declaration - Source: L. 89: Entire part added, p. 940, § 1,...

§ 19-5-303. Commission Created - Duties - Source: L. 89: Entire part added, p. 941, § 1,...

§ 19-5-304. Confidential Intermediaries - Confidential Intermediary Services - (2.5) For purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of...

§ 19-5-305. Access to Adoption Records - Contact With Parties to Adoption - Contact Preference Form and Updated Medical History Statement - Definitions - (1.5) Contact preference forms and updated medical history statements from...

§ 19-5-305.5. Access to Personal Records Relating to a Former Ward of the State Home for Dependent and Neglected Children - Other Eligible Parties - Definitions - Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1355), ch. 311,...

§ 19-5-306. Public Information Campaign - The executive directors of the department of human services and...

§ 19-5-307. Child Placement Agency - Transfer of Records - If a child placement agency terminates its child placement activities,...

Part 4 - Access to Nonidentifying Adoption Information

§ 19-5-402. Access to Nonidentifying Information - Any adult adoptee or any adoptive parent may request nonidentifying...

§ 19-5-403. Authority for Department to Select Agencies - The department is authorized to select private, licensed child placement...