Relinquishment and Adoption

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Section
19-5-100.2

Legislative declaration.

Section
19-5-100.5

Applicability of article.

Section
19-5-101

Termination of the parent-child legal relationship.

Section
19-5-102

Venue.

Section
19-5-102.5

Relinquishment hearings - court docket priority.

Section
19-5-103

Relinquishment procedure - petition - hearings.

Section
19-5-103.5

Expedited relinquishment procedure - children under one year of age other birth parents - notice - termination.

Section
19-5-103.7

Anticipated expedited relinquishment - children under one year of age notice to other or possible parent - administrative procedures.

Section
19-5-104

Final order of relinquishment.

Section
19-5-105

Proceeding to terminate parent-child legal relationship.

Section
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.

Section
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.

Section
19-5-106

Records. (Repealed)

Section
19-5-107

When notice of relinquishment proceedings required. (Repealed)

Section
19-5-108

When notice of relinquishment proceedings required.

Section
19-5-109

Birth parent access to records related to relinquishment of parental rights.

Section
19-5-200.2

Legislative declaration.

Section
19-5-201

Who may be adopted.

Section
19-5-202

Who may adopt.

Section
19-5-202.5

Adoption hearings - termination appeals - court docket priority exceptions.

Section
19-5-203

Availability for adoption.

Section
19-5-204

Venue.

Section
19-5-205

Adoption decree of foreign country approved.

Section
19-5-205.5

Nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoptions - legislative declaration - authority for state department to select agencies.

Section
19-5-206

Placement for purposes of adoption.

Section
19-5-207

Written consent and home study report for public adoptions fingerprint-based criminal history record checks - investigation - rules.

Section
19-5-207.3

Placement of sibling groups.

Section
19-5-207.5

Legislative declaration - standardized home studies - adoptive family resource registry - rules.

Section
19-5-208

Petition for adoption.

Section
19-5-209

Petition - written home study reports.

Section
19-5-210

Hearing on petition.

Section
19-5-211

Legal effects of final decree.

Section
19-5-212

Copies of order of adoption - to whom given.

Section
19-5-213

Compensation for placing child prohibited.

Section
19-5-213.5

Unauthorized advertising for adoption purposes - exceptions - penalty definitions.

Section
19-5-214

Limitation on annulment of adoption - best interests standard.

Section
19-5-215

Records. (Repealed)

Section
19-5-216

Increased access for adoption - study.

Section
19-5-301

Legislative declaration.

Section
19-5-302

Definitions. (Repealed)

Section
19-5-303

Commission created - duties.

Section
19-5-304

Confidential intermediaries - confidential intermediary services.

Section
19-5-305

Access to adoption records - contact with parties to adoption - contact preference form and updated medical history statement - definitions.

Section
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.

Section
19-5-306

Public information campaign.

Section
19-5-307

Child placement agency - transfer of records.

Section
19-5-401

Definitions. (Repealed)

Section
19-5-402

Access to nonidentifying information.

Section
19-5-403

Authority for department to select agencies.