§ 19-5.5-305 — Guidance and instruction

Colorado § 19-5.5-305

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 19: Children's
• Art.: Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act

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(1) A child placement agency must
provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent guidance and
instruction specific to the child to help prepare the parent to respond effectively to
the needs of the child that are known to or reasonably ascertainable by the child
placement agency.

(2) The guidance and instruction under subsection (1) of this section must
address, if applicable:

(a) The potential effect on the child of:

(I) A previous adoption or out-of-home placement;

(II) Multiple previous adoptions or out-of-home placements;

(III) Trauma, insecure attachment, fetal alcohol exposure, or malnutrition;

(IV) Neglect, abuse, drug exposure, or similar adversity;

(V) Separation from a sibling or significant caregiver; and

(VI) A difference in ethnicity, race, or cultural identity between the child and
the prospective adoptive parent or other child of the parent;

(b) Information available from the federal government on the process for the
child to acquire United States citizenship; and

(c) Any other matter a child placement agency considers material to the
adoption.

(3) The guidance and instruction under subsection (1) of this section must be
provided:

(a) For adoption of a child residing in the United States a reasonable time
before the adoption is finalized; or

(b) For an intercountry adoption, in accordance with the federal law.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (HB 23-1157), ch. 86, p. 304, � 1, effective April 17.