C.R.S. Section 19-5-211
Legal effects of final decree

(1)

After the entry of a final decree of adoption, the person adopted is, for all intents and purposes, the child of the petitioner. He or she is entitled to all the rights and privileges and is subject to all the obligations of a child born to the petitioner.

(1.5)

An employer who permits paternity or maternity time off for biological parents following the birth of a child shall, upon request, make such time off available for individuals adopting a child. If the employer has established a policy providing time off for biological parents, that period of time shall be the minimum period of leave available for adoptive parents. Requests for additional leave due to the adoption of an ill child or a child with a disability shall be considered on the same basis as comparable cases of such complications accompanying the birth of such a child to an employee or employee’s spouse. Any other benefits provided by the employer, such as job guarantee or pay, shall be available to both adoptive and biological parents on an equal basis. An employer shall not penalize an employee for exercising the rights provided by this subsection (1.5). The provisions of this subsection (1.5) shall not apply to an adoption by the spouse of a custodial parent or to a second-parent adoption.

(2)

The parents shall be divested of all legal rights and obligations with respect to the child, and the adopted child shall be free from all legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to the parents.

(2.5)

The child shall be eligible for enrollment and coverage by any medical or dental insurance held by the prospective adoptive parents if, and on such a basis as, such coverage would be available to a child naturally born to the prospective adoptive parents.

(3)

Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to divest any natural parent or child of any legal right or obligation where the adopting parent is a stepparent and is married to said natural parent.

Source: Section 19-5-211 — Legal effects of final decree, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 19-5-211’s source at colorado​.gov