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Colorado
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Title 19 - Children's Code
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Article 5 - Relinquishment ...
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Part 2 - 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
§ 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