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Colorado Statutes, Title 19

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Title 19, Children's Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-305 Access to adoption records - contact with parties to adoption - contact preference form and updated medical history statement - definitions
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(1) Confidentiality. All adoption records are confidential from the general public and must remain confidential except as described in subsections (1.5) and (2) of this section or upon demonstration of good cause pursuant to section 19-1-309 or as otherwise provided by law. (1.5)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 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
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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Eligible party" means: (I) A former ward, regardless of adoption status; (II) A spouse of a former ward; (III) An adult descendant of a former ward; (IV) An adult sibling or half-sibling of a former ward; or (V) The legal representative of any in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-306 Public information campaign
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The executive directors of the department of human services and the department of public health and environment, or such executive directors' designees, shall work together to design and implement efforts within existing appropriations to assist in informing the public about the …

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-307 Child placement agency - transfer of records

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If a child placement agency terminates its child placement activities, prior to termination of services, the child placement agency shall microfilm or preserve with state-of-the-art record storage methods as prescribed by the department of human services any relevant files on ado…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-402 Access to nonidentifying information

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Any adult adoptee or any adoptive parent may request nonidentifying information about the adoptee or the birth parents of the adoptee from the department. The department shall provide directly to the inquiring adult adoptee or adoptive parent or to the qualified agency selected p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-403 Authority for department to select agencies

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The department is authorized to select private, licensed child placement agencies authorized to handle adoptions for the disclosure of nonidentifying information pursuant to this part 4. The department shall, by rule, establish qualifying criteria by which the licensed child plac…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-101 Initiation of proceedings - support - repayment of birth-related debt

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(1) (a) Proceedings to compel parents, or other legally responsible persons, to support a child or children may be commenced by any person filing a verified petition in the court of the county where the child resides or is physically present, or in the county where the obligor pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-101.5 Amendments of proceedings - adding children

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(1) In any existing case commenced under this article, if it is alleged that another child has been conceived of the parents named in the existing case, that child shall be added to the existing case if at least one of the presumptions of paternity specified in section 19-4-105 a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-102 Venue

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A petition filed under this section shall be brought in the county in which the child resides or is physically present, or in any county where the obligor parent resides, or in any county where public assistance is or was being paid on behalf of the child. Source: L. 87: Entire t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-103 Summons

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(1) Upon filing of the petition, the clerk of the court, the attorney or licensed legal paraprofessional for the petitioner, or the delegate child support enforcement unit shall issue a summons stating the substance of the petition and requiring the respondent to appear at the ti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-104 Hearing - orders

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(1) If the court or delegate child support enforcement unit finds that the obligor has an obligation to support the child or children mentioned in the petition or notice, the court or delegate child support enforcement unit may enter an order directing the obligor to pay such sum…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-105 Failure to comply

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(1) A person failing to comply with an order of the court entered under this article shall be found in contempt of court in accordance with section 14-14-110, C.R.S. (2) The court shall have authority to issue writs of execution for the collection of accrued and unpaid installmen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-106 Child support - guidelines - schedule of basic support obligations

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The provisions of section 14-10-115, C.R.S., shall apply to all child support obligations, established or modified, as a part of any proceeding under this article, whether filed on or subsequent to July 1, 1988. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 746, § 17, effective July 1.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-6-107 Orders for allocation of parental responsibilities in support actions

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Upon the filing of any proceeding under this article 6 or under article 13.5 of title 26, the court shall, as soon as practicable, enter a temporary or permanent order allocating parental responsibilities that allocates decision-making responsibility and parenting time for the ch…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-101 Rights of children and youth in foster care - written notice - reporting - legislative declaration

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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) Children and youth in foster care are temporarily or permanently separated from their parents and are the responsibility of the state of Colorado; (II) These children and youth are in a unique situation that requires speci…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-102 Protection against identity theft

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(1) The court shall ensure that each youth in foster care who is in the legal custody of a county department of human or social services or the department of human services and who is at least fourteen years of age obtains or receives free annual credit reports from the departmen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-103 Access to extracurricular activities - legislative declaration - rules

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that it is important for youth in foster care, excluding those in the custody of the division of youth services or a state mental hospital, to have increased access to normative, developmentally appropriate extracurricular activities to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-104 Subjects included within training for certified foster parents and kinship foster care - rules

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(1) Rules promulgated by the state department of human services that prescribe training for foster care parents prior to placement of a child or youth must include training on the following subjects: (a) The effects of child abuse and neglect on child development; (b) Health issu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-105 Federal benefits for children and youth in foster care - rules - legislative intent - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) The federal government provides various benefits and resources to promote the well-being, education, health, and safety of children or youth in foster care; (II) In addition to their needs and circumstances making them eli…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-201 Short title

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The short title of this part 2 is the "Foster Youth Siblings Bill of Rights". Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 19-1288), ch. 216, p. 2234, § 2, effective August 2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-202 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that it is beneficial for a youth placed in foster care to be able to continue relationships with the youth's siblings, regardless of age, so that siblings may share their strengths and association in their everyday and often common exp…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-203 Foster care sibling rights

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(1) Sibling youth in foster care, except youth in the custody of the division of youth services created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1501 or a state hospital for persons with behavioral or mental health disorders, have the following rights, unless they are not in the best interests…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-204 Foster care sibling family time - contact plan - rules - definition

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(1) The department of human services shall provide information on sibling contact in the family time plan for a youth. In doing so, the department shall ask the youth about the youth's wishes as to sibling contact. (2) As written in the family time plan, the department shall, if …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-301 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Each year, for a variety of reasons, more than two hundred youth, ages eighteen to twenty-one, exit Colorado's foster care system without an established permanent home or a stable support network; (b) These youth typically do …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-302 Definitions

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Advisory board" means the foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program advisory board created in section 19-7-314. (1.3) "Case management agency" means an agency that meets criteria to provide ca…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-303 Foster youth in transition program - established

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The foster youth in transition program is established in the state department to be implemented in county departments throughout the state to provide extended child welfare services to eligible youth eighteen years of age or older but less than twenty-one years of age, or such gr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-304 Eligibility and enrollment

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(1) An eligible youth is an individual who: (a) Is at least eighteen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, or such greater age of foster care eligibility as required by federal law; (b) Has a current dependency and neglect case or has current or recent pri…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-305 Available services and supports

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(1) Each county department shall offer, at a minimum, the following services and supports to participating youth in the transition program: (a) Assistance with enrolling in the appropriate category of medicaid for which the participating youth is eligible; (b) Assistance with sec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-306 Voluntary services agreement

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(1) A voluntary services agreement entered into pursuant to this part 3 is a binding standardized agreement, written in a client-driven and developmentally appropriate manner, between the county department and a participating youth. The agreement specifies the terms of the youth'…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-307 Petition - form and content

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(1) A youth or a participating youth may file a petition on the youth's own behalf at any time. Or, if such a petition has not yet been filed and a voluntary services agreement remains in effect after ninety days, a county department shall file a petition with the court initiatin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-308 Right to counsel - guardian ad litem - representation of petitioner

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(1) A participating youth has a right to counsel. If the youth accepts the publicly provided counsel, counsel must be assigned by the office of the child's representative or approved by the court from a list of attorneys appointed by the office of the child's representative. The …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-309 Supervised independent living placements - background checks not required

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A county department is not required to conduct background checks for other residents of a supervised independent living placement as a condition of approving a participating youth's independent living setting. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1094), ch. 340, p. 2208, § …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-309.5 Initial hearings

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(1) The court shall set the matter for an initial hearing within fifty-six days of receipt of a petition filed pursuant to this section, and the court shall appoint counsel for youth for the petitioning youth. If the office of the child's representative has already assigned couns…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-310 Emancipation discharge hearings - emancipation transition plan

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(1) At the direction of a participating youth, with assistance and support from a county department, an emancipation transition plan that is personalized for the participating youth must be developed and finalized no more than ninety days prior to the participating youth's emanci…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-311 Permanency planning hearings - notice to parents

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A permanency planning hearing must be held for a participating youth under the court's jurisdiction pursuant to this part 3 in the same manner as provided in section 19-3-702; except that permanency hearings need only be held at least every twelve months. The youth's parent or pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-312 Periodic reviews

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(1) The court shall hold a periodic review hearing for each participating youth at least once every six months. A review hearing not coinciding with a permanency hearing may be held on the court's administrative docket by written report upon agreement of the parties. The review h…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-313 Continuing jurisdiction

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(1) The court has continuing jurisdiction over the participating youth until any of the following occurs: (a) The participating youth moves the court, at any time, to withdraw the youth's participation in the transition program and to terminate the court's jurisdiction. The court…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-314 Foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program - creation - standards - application - fund - advisory board - duties

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(1) (a) The foster youth successful transition to adulthood grant program is created within the state department. The purpose of the grant program is to create and administer programs that support eligible youth in making a successful transition to adulthood and provide case mana…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-314.5 Colorado fostering success voucher program - established - eligibility - administration - availability, standards, and services

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(1) The Colorado fostering success voucher program is established in the state department. The purpose of the voucher program is to provide vouchers to voucher recipients and provide developmentally appropriate case management for voucher recipients who are eligible for the vouch…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-7-315 Rules

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The state department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this part 3, including, but not limited to, rules concerning eligibility determinations, administrative appeals of eligibility determinations, enrollment into the transition program, emancipation transition pla…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-101 Short title

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The short title of this article 1.2 is the "Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act". Source: L. 2025: Entire article added, (HB 25-1204), ch. 338, p. 1782, § 2, effective August 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-102 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Historically, an alarmingly high percentage of Indian families were disrupted by the removal, often unwarranted, of their children by non-tribal public and private agencies, and that a disturbingly high percentage of those Ind…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-103 Definitions

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As used in this article 1.2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Active efforts" means efforts that are affirmative, active, thorough, timely, and intended to maintain or reunite an Indian child with the Indian child's family by providing remedial services and rehabilitat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-104 Applicability - incorporation of federal law

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(1) Unless explicitly stated otherwise in this article 1.2, all provisions of this article 1.2 apply to all child custody proceedings; any matter brought pursuant to the "Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act", article 10 of title 14; the "Colorado Probate Code", articles 10 to 17 …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-105 Parentage of an Indian child - acknowledged or established - applicability of article

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(1) Parentage of an Indian child is acknowledged or established for purposes of this article 1.2 if the individual's parentage has been: (a) Established pursuant to article 4 of this title 19; (b) Established pursuant to tribal law; or (c) Recognized in accordance with tribal cus…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-106 Best interests of an Indian child - factors to consider

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(1) In a child custody proceeding involving an Indian child, when making a determination regarding the best interests of the Indian child, the court shall, in consultation with the Indian child's tribe and tribal community, as determined by the Indian child's tribe, consider the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-107 Initial disclosures - inquiry and determination - form of inquiry - due diligence - Indian child's tribe - written findings

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(1) Initial disclosures. The petitioning or filing party shall disclose in the complaint, petition, or other commencing pleading filed with the court that the child who is the subject of the child custody proceeding is an Indian child and the identity of the Indian child's tribe …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-108 Formal notice - language, accessibility, and content requirements

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(1) Notices required by this article 1.2 in a child custody proceeding must be provided in clear, accessible, and understandable language and include the following information: (a) The Indian child's name, date of birth, and place of birth; (b) To the extent known, all names, inc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-109 Enrollment of an Indian child with a tribe

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(1) Unless an Indian child's parent objects, the petitioning or filing party or the Indian tribe shall assist in enrolling an Indian child who is in the court's jurisdiction in a tribe with which the child is eligible for enrollment. If the Indian child is eligible to be enrolled…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-1.2-110 Emergency proceeding - emergency removal - termination of emergency - duration

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(1) If an individual or agency takes a child into protective custody, the individual or agency shall, at the commencement of the emergency proceeding, make a good faith effort to: (a) Determine whether the individual or agency has reason to know that the child is an Indian child …