Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-5.5-303

Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 19-5.5-303 - General adoption information
(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.

C.R.S. § 19-5.5-303

Added by 2023 Ch. 86,§ 1, eff. 4/17/2023.