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C.R.S. § 19-5-201

Who may be adopted

Known as the Colorado Children’s Code

The act spans §§ 19–19 (377 sections).

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.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.