Colorado § 19-5-209 Petition - written home study reports

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-5-209 — Petition - written home study reports

Colorado § 19-5-209

Title 19Children's

Art.Relinquishment and Adoption

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-209 (2026).

Text

(1)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 licensed child placement agency approved by the state department of human services pursuant to section 19-5-207.5 (2), the court shall order the county department of human or social services, individual, or licensed child placement agency to make an investigation and file a written home study report substantially in the form outlined in section 19-5-207 (2), including a recommendation as to whether the adoption should be decreed.

(2)In adoption

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(1) 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 licensed
child placement agency approved by the state department of human services
pursuant to section 19-5-207.5 (2), the court shall order the county department of
human or social services, individual, or licensed child placement agency to make an
investigation and file a written home study report substantially in the form outlined
in section 19-5-207 (2), including a recommendation as to whether the adoption
should be decreed.

(2) In adoptions where a child placement agency or county department has
legal guardianship during the interval between initial placement and the final order
of adoption, the child placement agency or county department shall supervise the
placement with prospective adoptive parents and the child. The court, after notice
to all parties in interest and hearing thereon, may, for good cause, terminate said
placement if, at any time prior to the final decree of adoption, it appears to the
court that said adoption is not in the best interest of the child.

Legislative History

Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 809, � 1, effective October 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 1023, � 3, effective May 29; (1) amended, p. 1064, � 6, effective June 1. L. 2018: (1) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 432, � 75, effective August 8.