§ 19-5-207.5. Legislative Declaration – Standardized Home Studies – Adoptive Family Resource Registry – Rules
Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds that there are a growing number of children in the legal custody of the county departments of human or social services who are the victims of physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or abandonment and who are awaiting permanent placement in safe, loving, and nurturing adoptive homes. The general assembly […]
§ 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
The general assembly hereby declares that the purpose of this statute is to protect the victim of a sexual assault and to protect the child conceived as a result of that sexual assault by creating a process to seek termination of the parental rights of the perpetrator of the sexual assault and by issuing protective […]
§ 19-5-208. Petition for Adoption – Open Adoption – Post-Adoption Contact Agreement
The petition for adoption shall be filed not later than thirty-five days after the date on which the child is first placed in the home of the adoptive applicants for the purpose of adoption unless the court finds that there was reasonable cause or excusable neglect for not filing the petition. The court shall then […]
§ 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
The general assembly hereby declares that the purpose of this statute is to protect a person in a case where it is determined that he or she is a victim of sexual assault but in which no conviction occurred and to protect a child conceived as a result of that sexual assault by creating a […]
§ 19-5-209. Petition – Written Home Study Reports
Except for stepparent adoptions, kinship adoptions, custodial adoptions, and those cases in which placement for adoption has been made by the court, if a petition for the adoption of a child is not accompanied by the written consent and home study report of the qualified county department of human or social services, individual, or a […]
§ 19-4.5-111. Court Order of Parentage Under Surrogacy Agreement
Except as otherwise provided in section 19-4.5-110 (2) or 19-4.5-112, before, on, or after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction pursuant to a surrogacy agreement, a party to the agreement may commence a proceeding in a juvenile court in this state by filing a petition for determination of parent-child relationship with admissions […]
§ 19-4.5-112. Effect of Surrogacy Agreement
A surrogacy agreement that complies with sections 19-4.5-104, 19-4.5-105, and 19-4.5-106 is enforceable. If a child was conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement that does not comply with sections 19-4.5-104, 19-4.5-105, and 19-4.5-106, the court shall determine the rights and duties of the parties to the agreement consistent with the intent of the […]
§ 19-4.5-113. Duty to Support
The establishment of the parent and child relationship pursuant to a valid surrogacy agreement, court order of parentage, and this article 4.5 is the basis upon which an action for child support may be brought against the intended parent and acted upon by the court or the delegate child support enforcement unit without further evidentiary […]
§ 19-4.5-114. Certain Provisions of Law Not Applicable to Surrogacy Agreements
A surrogacy agreement is not considered: An adoption pursuant to article 5 of this title 19; or A surrender of custody or termination of parental rights of the child by the donor in violation of the requirements of article 3 of this title 19. The payment of reasonable expenses and support in connection with a […]
§ 19-5-100.2. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds that parental relinquishment and adoption of children are important and necessary options to facilitate the permanent placement of minor children if the birth parents are unable or unwilling to provide proper parental care. The general assembly further finds that adoption offers significant psychological, legal, economic, and social benefits not only […]