C.R.S. Section 19-5-216
Increased access for adoption

  • study

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The state department shall examine and evaluate the process of adoptive placements of children in the legal custody of the county departments of human or social services and identify those aspects of the process that may be improved to achieve the ultimate goal of permanency for the greatest number of children in safe and healthy adoptive homes. In conducting this analysis, the state department should consider, but need not be limited to, the following:

(I)

The best means by which to increase county accessibility to qualified families seeking to adopt and the best means by which to achieve placement of children available for adoption with such families;

(II)

Whether further automation would be conducive to the achievement of permanency of children;

(III)

The need for centralization of information;

(IV)

The benefits of additional standardization;

(V)

The resources of other interested entities or foundations that may be available to support public adoptions;

(VI)

The programs and systems developed by other states to achieve maximum access and expedited permanency for children in safe and healthy adoptive homes; and

(VII)

The methods used to reduce the number of disruptions in adoptive homes.

(b)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

The executive director of the department is authorized to accept and expend on behalf of the state any funds, grants, gifts, or donations from any private or public source for the purpose of implementing this section; except that no gift, grant, or donation shall be accepted if the conditions attached thereto require the expenditure thereof in a manner contrary to law.

(II)

The executive director of the department is authorized to apply for a federal waiver, if necessary, to authorize the use of federal grant moneys to implement this section.

(2)

Repealed.

Source: Section 19-5-216 — Increased access for adoption - study, 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

§ 19-5-216’s source at colorado​.gov