§ 19-5-212. Copies of Order of Adoption – to Whom Given
If the court enters an order of adoption, certified copies shall be given to the adopting parents, the person or agency consenting to the adoption, and the state registrar. The court or the adopting parents or their legal representative shall send to the state registrar an application for a birth certificate, signed by the adoptive […]
§ 19-5-213. Compensation for Placing Child Prohibited
No person shall offer, give, charge, or receive any money or other consideration or thing of value in connection with the relinquishment and adoption, except attorney fees and such other charges and fees as may be approved by the court. No person, other than an adoption exchange whose membership includes county departments and child placement […]
§ 19-5-213.5. Unauthorized Advertising for Adoption Purposes – Exceptions – Penalty – Definitions
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Advertise through a public medium” means to communicate by any public medium, including by newspaper, periodical, telephone book listing, outdoor advertising sign, radio, or television or by computerized communication system, which includes an internet site, an internet profile, or any similar medium of communication provided […]
§ 19-5-214. Limitation on Annulment of Adoption – Best Interests Standard
No final decree of adoption shall be attacked by reason of any jurisdictional or procedural defect after the expiration of ninety-one days following the entry of the final decree; except that, in cases of stepparent adoption, no final decree of adoption shall be attacked by reason of fraud upon the court or fraud upon a […]
§ 19-5-216. Increased Access for Adoption – Study
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 […]
§ 19-5-217. Enforcement or Termination of Post-Adoption Contact Agreement
If the decree of adoption contains a post-adoption contact agreement pursuant to section 19-5-208 (4.5), the court retains jurisdiction after the decree of adoption is entered to hear motions to enforce or terminate the contact agreement, or to enter stipulated agreements of the parties to modify the contact agreement. The court may appoint a guardian […]
§ 19-5-301. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that adult adoptees, adoptive parents, biological parents, and biological siblings should have a right of access to certain records regarding their or their child’s adoption or the adoption of their offspring or siblings as outlined in section 19-5-305 and that such a right must coexist with the right […]
§ 19-5-303. Commission Created – Duties
There is hereby created in the department the adoption intermediary commission, referred to in this section as the “commission”, that shall consist of thirteen members. The commission shall exercise its powers and perform the duties and functions specified by this part 3 as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 1 […]
§ 19-5-304. Confidential Intermediaries – Confidential Intermediary Services
Any person who has completed a confidential intermediary training program that meets the standards set forth by the commission shall be responsible for notifying the commission that his or her name should be included on the list of confidential intermediaries to be maintained by the commission and made available to the judicial department. The commission […]
§ 19-5-305. Access to Adoption Records – Contact With Parties to Adoption – Contact Preference Form and Updated Medical History Statement – Definitions
Confidentiality. All adoption records are confidential from the general public and must remain confidential except as described in subsections (1.5) and (2) of this section or upon demonstration of good cause pursuant to section 19-1-309 or as otherwise provided by law. (1.5) Contact preference forms and updated medical history statements from birth parents. The state […]