§ 19-6-104. Hearing – Orders
If the court or delegate child support enforcement unit finds that the respondent has an obligation to support the child or children mentioned in the petition or notice, the court or delegate child support enforcement unit may enter an order directing the respondent to pay such sums for support as may be reasonable under the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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
As used in this section: “Eligible party” means: A former ward, regardless of adoption status; A spouse of a former ward; An adult descendant of a former ward; An adult sibling or half-sibling of a former ward; or The legal representative of any individual described in subparagraphs (I) to (IV) of this paragraph (a), if […]
§ 19-5-306. Public Information Campaign
The executive directors of the department of human services and the department of public health and environment, or such executive directors’ designees, shall work together to design and implement efforts within existing appropriations to assist in informing the public about the existence and availability of the confidential intermediary process established in this part 3 and […]
§ 19-5-307. Child Placement Agency – Transfer of Records
If a child placement agency terminates its child placement activities, prior to termination of services, the child placement agency shall microfilm or preserve with state-of-the-art record storage methods as prescribed by the department of human services any relevant files on adoptions and transfer them to the division in the department of human services responsible for […]