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Title 19, Children's Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1001 Short title
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The short title of this part 10 is the "Colorado Teen Court Program". Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 628, § 2, effective October 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1002 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Minor offense" means any offense denominated a misdemeanor in title 18 or violation of a municipal ordinance where the maximum penalty authorized does not exceed imprisonment for more than six months. (2) "Super…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1003 Teen court program - supervising courts
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(1) Any supervising court is authorized to establish a teen court program pursuant to the this part 10. In any jurisdiction where a teen court program is established, a teen charged with a minor offense may receive a deferred judgment, a condition of which is successful participa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1004 Procedures - hearings
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(1) Subject to any applicable rules of the Colorado supreme court, the supervising court is responsible for establishing procedures for any teen court program under its jurisdiction, including but not limited to: (a) The use of its courtroom and other facilities during times when…

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1005 Alternative procedures

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Nothing contained in this part 10 impairs the authority of courts to adopt different or alternative procedures for the establishment and operation of teen court programs within their respective jurisdictions. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-101 Legislative declaration

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(1) (a) The general assembly finds that the intent of this article 2.5 is to protect, restore, and improve the public safety by creating a system of juvenile justice that will appropriately sanction juveniles who violate the law and, in certain cases, will also provide the opport…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-102 Definitions

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In addition to the terms defined in section 19-1-103, as used in this article 2.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adjudication" means a determination by the court that it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to the trier of fact that a juvenile has committed a d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-103 Jurisdiction

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(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings: (a) Concerning any juvenile ten years of age or older who has violated: (I) Any federal or state law, except nonfelony state traffic, game and fish, and parks and recre…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-104 Venue

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(1) (a) Proceedings in cases brought pursuant to this article 2.5 must be commenced in the county in which the alleged violation of the law, ordinance, or court order took place; except that the court may order a change of venue based upon written findings that a change of venue …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-105 Representation of petitioner

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In all matters pursuant to this article 2.5, the district attorney shall represent the petitioner. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 566, § 2, effective October 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-106 Victim's right to attend dispositional, review, and restitution proceedings

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The victim of any delinquent act, or a relative of the victim, if the victim has died, has the right to attend all dispositional, review, and restitution proceedings resulting from the adjudication of such act. The victim or the victim's relative has the right to appear at the pr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-107 Parental accountability - legislative intent

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(1) (a) The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of any juvenile subject to proceedings pursuant to this article 2.5 is required to attend all proceedings that may be brought pursuant to this article 2.5 concerning the juvenile. The court may impose contempt sanctions against the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-108 Effect of proceedings - definition

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(1) An adjudication or proceeding pursuant to this article 2.5 is not equivalent to an adult conviction of a criminal offense and must not impose any civil disability upon a juvenile or disqualify or prejudice the juvenile from holding any position under the state personnel syste…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-109 Saving clause

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The repeal of article 2 of this title 19 and the enactment of this article 2.5, effective October 1, 2021, do not affect the validity of any actions or proceedings initiated or in existence prior to such effective date and brought pursuant to the legislative provisions in place p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1101 Presentence investigation

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(1) (a) Prior to the sentencing hearing, juvenile probation for the judicial district in which the juvenile is adjudicated shall conduct a presentence investigation unless waived by the court on its own determination or on recommendation of the prosecution or the juvenile. The pr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1102 Sentencing hearing

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(1) (a) After making a finding of guilt, the court shall hear evidence on the question of the proper disposition best serving the interests of the juvenile and the public. Such evidence includes but is not necessarily limited to the social study and other reports as provided in s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1103 Sentencing schedule - options

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(1) Upon completion of the sentencing hearing pursuant to section 19-2.5-1102, the court shall enter a decree of sentence or commitment imposing any of the following sentences or combination of sentences, as appropriate: (a) Commitment to the department of human services pursuant…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1104 Sentencing - restitution by juvenile

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(1) If the court finds that a juvenile who receives a deferral of adjudication or who is adjudicated a juvenile delinquent has damaged a victim's personal or real property, that the victim's personal property has been lost, or that personal injury has been caused to a victim as a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1105 Sentencing - fines

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Except as otherwise set forth in section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court may, as the sole punishment or in addition to any other sentence or commitment specified in section 19-2.5-1103, impose on the juvenile a fine of not more than three hundred dollar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1106 Sentencing - probation - supervised community service or work program

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender: (a) The court may place the juvenile on probation or under protective supervision in the legal custody of one or both of the juvenile's parents or guardian under such conditions as the co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1107 Juvenile probation officers - powers and duties

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(1) A juvenile probation officer appointed pursuant to section 19-2.5-1406 shall investigate and keep written records of such investigations as the court may direct. (2) When a juvenile is placed on probation, the juvenile probation officer shall give the juvenile a written state…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1108 Probation - terms - release - revocation - graduated responses system - rules - report - definition

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(1) (a) The terms and conditions of probation must be specified by rules or orders of the court. The court, as a condition of probation for a juvenile who is ten years of age or older but less than eighteen years of age on the date of the sentencing hearing, may impose a commitme…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1109 Juvenile probation standards - development

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(1) Before July 1, 2021, the state court administrator, in consultation with judges, the judicial branch, district attorneys, defense counsel, the delivery of child welfare services task force created in section 26-5-105.8, and other interested parties shall establish statewide s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1110 Sentencing - requirements imposed on parents - definition

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(1) In addition to any requirements specified in sections 19-2.5-1103 to 19-2.5-1106, 19-2.5-1111 to 19-2.5-1115, 19-2.5-1117, 19-2.5-1118, 19-2.5-1123, and 19-2.5-1126, any sentence imposed pursuant to section 19-2.5-1103 may require: (a) The juvenile or both the juvenile and th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1111 Sentencing - community accountability program

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Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127, the court may sentence the juvenile to participate in the community accountability program as set forth in section 19-2.5-1410. Such a sentence is a condition of probation for higher-risk juveniles who would have otherwise been…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1112 Sentencing - placement with relative

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Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court may place the juvenile in the legal custody of a relative or other suitable person under such conditions as the court may impose, which may include placing the juvenile on probation…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1113 Sentencing - alternative services - detention

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Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender and except as required by section 19-2.5-1123, the court may sentence the juvenile to alternative services funded through section 19-2.5-1404 or other alternative services programs. If a juven…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1114 Sentencing - placement based on special needs of the juvenile

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(1) Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court may order that the juvenile be examined or treated by a physician, surgeon, psychiatrist, or psychologist or that the juvenile receive other special care and may place the juven…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1115 Sentencing - legal custody - county department of human or social services

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Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court, following the criteria for out-of-home placement established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1404, may place legal custody of the juvenile in the county department of human or social se…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1116 Orders - community placement - reasonable efforts required - reviews

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(1) If the court orders legal custody of a juvenile to a county department of human or social services pursuant to this article 2.5, the order must contain specific findings as follows: (a) Whether placement of the juvenile out of the home would be in the juvenile's and the commu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1117 Sentencing - commitment to the department of human services - definitions

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(1) (a) Except as otherwise required in subsection (6) of this section and section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court may commit a juvenile to the department of human services for a determinate period of up to two years if the juvenile is adjudicated for a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1118 Sentencing - persons eighteen years of age or older - county jail - community corrections - definitions

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(1) Except as otherwise required by section 19-2.5-1127 for an aggravated juvenile offender, the court may commit a person eighteen years of age or older but less than twenty-one years of age to the department of human services if the person is adjudicated a juvenile delinquent f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1118.5 Sentencing - alternative options for pregnant and postpartum juveniles - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) While no system is perfect in responding to the medical conditions of pregnancy, juvenile facilities are particularly ill-equipped to do so; (II) During juvenile delinquency cases involving a pregnant or postpartum juvenil…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1119 Genetic testing of adjudicated offenders - definitions

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(1) Beginning July 1, 2007, each of the following adjudicated offenders shall submit to collection and a chemical testing of the offender's biological substance sample to determine the offender's genetic markers, unless the offender has already provided a biological substance sam…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1120 Cost of care

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(1) (a) Notwithstanding section 19-1-115 (4)(d), if a juvenile is sentenced to an out-of-home placement or is granted probation as a result of an adjudication, deferral of adjudication, or direct filing in or transfer to district court, the court may order the juvenile's parent t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1121 Fees for transporting juveniles

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It is the duty of the sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy, or in their absence any suitable person appointed by the court for such purpose, to convey any juvenile committed pursuant to section 19-2.5-1103 or 19-2.5-1127 to facilities of the division of youth services. All officers p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1122 Sentencing - animal cruelty - anger management treatment

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(1) In addition to any sentence imposed pursuant to this section, a juvenile who has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for the commission of cruelty to animals, as described in section 18-9-202, in which the underlying factual basis has been found by the court to include the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1123 Sentencing - mandatory detention - weapons and crimes of violence

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(1) In the case of a juvenile who has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for the commission of one of the offenses described in section 19-2.5-305 (3)(a)(V), the court shall sentence the juvenile to a minimum mandatory period of detention of not fewer than five days. (2) A ju…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1124 (Reserved)

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SUBPART C SENTENCING - SPECIAL OFFENDERS

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1125 Petitions - special offenders

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(1) Mandatory sentence offender. A juvenile is a mandatory sentence offender if the juvenile: (a) Has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent twice; or (b) Has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent and if the juvenile's probation has been revoked for a delinquent act, and: (I) Is…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1126 Sentencing - special offenders

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(1) The court shall sentence a juvenile adjudicated as a special offender as follows: (a) Mandatory sentence offender. The court shall place or commit a juvenile adjudicated as a mandatory sentence offender, as described in section 19-2.5-1125 (1), out of the home for not less th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1127 Aggravated juvenile offender - definition

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(1) (a) (I) Upon adjudication as an aggravated juvenile offender: (A) For an offense other than an offense that would constitute a class 1 or 2 felony if committed by an adult, the court may commit the juvenile to the department of human services for a determinate period of up to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1200.3 Definitions

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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the juvenile parole board created in section 19-2.5-1201 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2046, § 76, effective August 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1201 Juvenile parole board - creation - membership - authority - rules

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(1) There is created a juvenile parole board. The board consists of nine members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Members are appointed for terms of three years; except that the terms shall be staggered so that one-third of the membership of the board become…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1202 Juvenile parole - organization

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(1) Juvenile parole services are administered by the division of youth services in the department of human services, under the direction of the director of the division of youth services, appointed pursuant to section 19-2.5-1501. (2) The director of the division shall appoint ju…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1203 Juvenile parole - hearing panels - definition

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(1) Juvenile parole board - hearing panels authority. (a) The juvenile parole board, established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1201, may grant, deny, defer, suspend, revoke, or specify or modify the conditions of any parole for any juvenile committed to the department of human servi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1204 Parole officers - powers - duties

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(1) Under the direction of the director of the division of youth services, the juvenile parole officer or officers in each region established in section 19-2.5-1202 (3) shall supervise all juveniles living in the region who, having been committed to the department of human servic…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1205 Administrative law judges

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An administrative law judge shall assist any hearing panel of the juvenile parole board that is considering the suspension, modification, or revocation of a juvenile's parole. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 671, § 2, effective Oct…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1206 Parole violation and revocation

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(1) The director of the division of youth services or any juvenile parole officer may arrest any parolee when: (a) The director or officer has a warrant commanding that the parolee be arrested; or (b) The director or officer has probable cause to believe that a warrant for the pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1301 Appeals

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(1) Appellate procedure is governed by the Colorado appellate rules. Initials must appear on the record on appeal in place of the juvenile's and other respondents' names. Appeals must be advanced on the calendar of the appellate court and decided at the earliest practical time. (…