C.R.S. Section 19-5-206
Placement for purposes of adoption

(1)

A placement of any child legally available for adoption pursuant to section 19-5-203 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(g) must not be made for the purposes of adoption except by the court pursuant to section 19-5-104 (2), the county department of human or social services, or a licensed child placement agency.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

In child welfare cases, a child’s best interests shall be the primary consideration for a court, county department, or licensed child placement agency in making determinations concerning the placement of the child for the purpose of adoption.
(b)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1106), ch. 278, p. 1272, § 2, effective May 26, 2010.)(c) An agency that has responsibility for placing children out of the home shall use good faith efforts and due diligence to recruit and retain prospective foster and adoptive families from communities that reflect the racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the children in the agency’s care.

(d)

In making determinations concerning the placement of a child for the purpose of adoption, a court, county department, or licensed child placement agency may, under extraordinary circumstances, consider the racial or ethnic background, color, or national origin of:

(I)

The child; or

(II)

A family who has submitted an application to adopt.

(e)

A court, county department, or licensed child placement agency shall not delay a foster or adoptive placement of a child as a result of the racial or ethnic background, color, or national origin of:

(I)

The child; or

(II)

A family who has submitted an application to foster or adopt a child.

(f)

In private adoption cases, a birth parent or birth parents may designate a specific applicant with whom they may wish to place their child for purposes of adoption. After assessment and approval of the potential adoptive parents and subsequent relinquishment of the child, the court shall grant guardianship of the child to a person or agency described in section 19-5-104 (1) until finalization of adoptive placement.

(g)

The court may waive the assessment and approval of the potential adoptive parents in cases involving kinship or custodial adoption or may determine and order the kind of information or written report it deems necessary for the assessment and approval of the potential adoptive parents, including an abbreviated home study or home evaluation. The court may proceed to finalize such adoptive placement upon finding that the placement is in the best interests of the child.
(3)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1106), ch. 278, p. 1272, § 2, effective May 26, 2010.)

Source: Section 19-5-206 — Placement for purposes of adoption, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-19.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

19‑5‑100.2
Legislative declaration 19‑5‑100.5
Applicability of article 19‑5‑101
Termination of the parent-child legal relationship 19‑5‑102
Venue 19‑5‑102.5
Relinquishment hearings - court docket priority 19‑5‑103
Relinquishment procedure - petition - hearings 19‑5‑103.5
Expedited relinquishment procedure - children under one year of age - other birth parents - notice - termination 19‑5‑103.7
Anticipated expedited relinquishment - children under one year of age - notice to other or possible parent - administrative procedures 19‑5‑104
Final order of relinquishment 19‑5‑105
Proceeding to terminate parent-child legal relationship 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 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 19‑5‑108
When notice of relinquishment proceedings required 19‑5‑109
Birth parent access to records related to relinquishment of parental rights 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 19‑5‑203.5
Confirmatory adoption - short title - definitions 19‑5‑204
Venue 19‑5‑205
Adoption decree of foreign country approved 19‑5‑205.5
Nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoptions - authority for state department to select agencies - legislative declaration 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 19‑5‑301
Legislative declaration 19‑5‑303
Commission created - duties 19‑5‑304
Confidential intermediaries - confidential intermediary services 19‑5‑305
Access to adoption records - contact with parties to adoption - contact preference form and updated medical history statement - definitions 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 19‑5‑306
Public information campaign 19‑5‑307
Child placement agency - transfer of records 19‑5‑402
Access to nonidentifying information 19‑5‑403
Authority for department to select agencies
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 19-5-206’s source at colorado​.gov