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A child can be adopted by a step-parent if the custodial parent agrees and the non-custodial parent has either: 

• Abandoned the child for a year or more, 
• Failed to provide reasonable support for the child, such as failing to pay child support, or 
• Consents to the adoption. C.R.S. § 19-5-203(d)(I) and (II).

Yes, if you are a grandparent, brother, sister, one-half sibling, aunt, uncle or first cousin of the child to be adopted and the child has lived with you for one year or more. Such a relative will want to petition the court for a “Kinship Adoption.” C.R.S. § 19-5-203(j).