Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5-201

Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 19-5-201 - Who may be adopted

Any child legally available for adoption as provided in section 19-5-203, under eighteen years of age, and either present in the state at the time the petition for adoption is filed or under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least six months may be adopted. Upon approval of the court, a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age may be adopted as a child, and all provisions of this part 2 referring to the adoption of a child shall apply to such a person.

C.R.S. § 19-5-201

Amended by 2017 Ch. 339,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1304), ch. 339, p. 1807, § 1, effective July 1.

This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.