Colorado § 19-5-100.2 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-5-100.2 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 19-5-100.2

Title 19Children's

Art.Relinquishment and Adoption

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-100.2 (2026).

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(1)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 for children who might otherwise be homeless but also for parents who are unable to care for their children and for adoptive parents who desire children to nurture, care for, and support. Conversely, the general assembly recognizes that disrupted adoptive placements often have a profound and negative impact on individuals, particularly children, involved in the adoption proceedings.

(2)It is the

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(1) 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 for children who might otherwise be homeless but also for
parents who are unable to care for their children and for adoptive parents who
desire children to nurture, care for, and support. Conversely, the general assembly
recognizes that disrupted adoptive placements often have a profound and negative
impact on individuals, particularly children, involved in the adoption proceedings.

(2) It is the purpose of this article 5 to promote the integrity and finality of
adoptions to ensure that children placed in adoptive placements will be raised in
stable, loving, and permanent families. It is the further intent of the general
assembly that a prospective parent with a disability should not be denied the
opportunity to provide a permanent adoptive placement for a child based solely on
the parent's disability, as provided for in section 24-34-805 (2). The general
assembly intends that by enacting this legislation, it will be protecting children
from being uprooted from adoptive placements and from the life-long emotional
and psychological trauma that often accompanies being indiscriminately moved.