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About Same Sex Parent Adoption - Without a Civil Union In a same sex parent adoption without a civil union, a person(s) indicates that he or she wants to raise the child permanently with the...
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About Stepparent Adoption A stepparent adoption is when a person indicates that he or she wants to raise their child permanently with their husband or wife who is not the biological parent o...
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About the Confidential Intermediary Program The Colorado Confidential Intermediary program is a court-appointed search service that allows a certified Confidential Intermediary (CI) access t...
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About Adoption by a Family Member Adoption by a family member is when a grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or other relative takes a child into their home to raise them....
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About Legal Custody Adoption A legal custody adoption is when a person whom a child has lived with takes a child into their home to raise them permanently....
About Locating Family Members Related by Blood (Biological) You can use a confidential intermediary to locate family members related by blood....
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The Colorado Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court. As of July 1, 2008, the Court consists of 22 judges who are retained by the public to serve eight-year terms....
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About Changing Court Orders Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to change or end court orders related to parenting time, decision making, child support, and spousal s...
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About Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation How to Request Grandparent or Great-Grandparent Visitation A maternal or paternal grandparent of a child may seek a court order granting gra...
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Criteria for Relinquishing Parental Rights Before asking the court if you can relinquish (give up) your parental rights to a child, you and your child must go to counseling (depending on the...
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About Family Cases Forms Learn About the Case Process See Case Process for forms and information about: Initial Status Conference Mediation Schedule a Hearing (Setting) Trial and Prep
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Criteria to Become the Conservator for a Minor Any person concerned about the minor's financial situation, or any person who would be negatively affected if the minor's finances are not mana...
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Criteria for Ending a Conservatorship A person (adult or minor) who has the help of a conservator is known as a Protected Person....
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About Adding or Replacing a Guardian Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to add a guardian and how to replace a guardian with someone else.
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Ending an Adult Guardianship Criteria for Ending an Adult Guardianship A guardianship ends if the adult (Ward) dies, or if the court orders that the guardianship be terminated....
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About Guardianship for Adults Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to become the guardian for an adult, how to transfer a guardianship case from Colorado to another st...
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About Guardianship for Minors Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to become the guardian for a minor, as well as what to do if you are named in a will as the guardian...
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About Adding or Replacing a Conservator Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to add a conservator and how to replace a conservator with someone else.
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About Conservatorship for Adults Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to become the conservator for an adult, how to transfer a conservatorship case from Colorado to a...
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Overview The Colorado Coordinating Council on Restorative Justice was created on March 29th 2007 upon the signing of HB 07-1129. The statute enumerated several items of responsibility for th...
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About Adoption Records An adoption record consists of the following paperwork: Adoptee's original birth certificate and a birth certificate that was changed Identifying information Final ord...
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About Adoption Records An adoption record consists of the following paperwork: Adoptee's original birth certificate and a birth certificate that was changed Identifying information Final ord...
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