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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 19. Children's Code § 19-5.5-303. General adoption information

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Within a reasonable time before a child placement agency places a child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child placement agency must provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information. The information must address:

(a) Possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning:

(I) Identity, loss, and trauma that a child may experience before, during, or after adoption; and

(II) A child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;

(b) The effect that the access to resources, including health insurance, may have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a child;

(c) Causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution; and

(d) Prohibitions under sections 19-5.5-203 and 19-5.5-205.

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