This part 6 shall be known and may be cited as the “Parent-Child Legal Relationship Termination Act of 1987”. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 787, § 1, effective October 1. Editor’s note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed […]
Termination of a parent-child legal relationship shall be considered only after the filing of a written motion alleging the factual grounds for termination, and termination of a parent-child legal relationship shall be considered at a separate hearing following an adjudication of a child as dependent or neglected. Such motion shall be filed at least thirty […]
Before a termination of the parent-child legal relationship based on abandonment can be ordered, the petitioner shall file, only if the location of a parent remains unknown, an affidavit stating what efforts have been made to locate the parent or parents of the child subject to the motion for termination. Such affidavit shall be filed […]
The court may order a termination of the parent-child legal relationship upon the finding by clear and convincing evidence of any one of the following: That the child has been adjudicated dependent or neglected and has been abandoned by the child’s parent or parents as follows: That the parent or parents have surrendered physical custody […]
Following an order of termination of the parent-child legal relationship, the court shall consider, but shall not be bound by, a request that guardianship and legal custody of the child be placed with a relative of the child. When ordering guardianship of the person and legal custody of the child, the court may give preference […]
The court, at the conclusion of a hearing in which it ordered the termination of a parent-child legal relationship, shall order that a review hearing be held not later than ninety days following the date of the termination. At such hearing the agency or individual vested with custody of the child shall report to the […]
An indigent parent has the right to have appointed one expert witness of his or her own choosing whose reasonable fees and expenses, subject to the review and approval by the office of the respondent parents’ counsel, shall be paid by the state of Colorado pursuant to section 19-3-610. All ordered evaluations shall be made […]
An order for the termination of the parent-child legal relationship divests the child and the parent of all legal rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations with respect to each other, but it shall not modify the child’s status as an heir at law which shall cease only upon a final decree of adoption. No […]
Appeals of court decrees made under this part 6 shall be given precedence on the calendar of the appellate court over all other matters unless otherwise provided by law. Whenever an appeal is made under this part 6, an indigent parent, upon request, shall be provided a transcript of the trial proceeding for the appeal […]
The general assembly shall make annual appropriations to the office of the respondent parents’ counsel for the purpose of meeting the expenses of sections 19-3-607 (1) and 19-3-609 (2). Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 791, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-205), ch. 216, p. 830, § 2, […]
The general assembly finds that, for various reasons, some children are not adopted after the termination or voluntary relinquishment of the parent-child legal relationship and in some cases might benefit from a reinstatement of the parent-child legal relationship if the former parent has remediated the issues that led to the termination or voluntary relinquishment. The […]
