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Colorado Adoption Law
Permits single GLBT individuals to petition to adopt? Yes.
Colorado law permits any unmarried adult or husband and wife to petition to adopt. COLO. REV. STAT. § 19-5-202.
(1) Any person twenty-one years of age or older, including a foster parent, may petition the court to decree an adoption.
(2) A minor, upon approval of the court, may petition the court to decree an adoption.
(3) A person having a living spouse from whom he is not legally separated shall petition jointly with such spouse, unless such spouse is the natural parent of the child to be adopted or has previously adopted the child.
History
Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 805, § 1, effective October 1. L. 88: (1) amended, p. 758, § 4, effective May 31.
Annotations
Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-4-106 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
Annotations
Am. Jur.2d. See 2 Am. Jur.2d, Adoption, §§ 15-19.
C.J.S. See 2 C.J.S., Adoption of Persons, §§ 15, 16, 19.
Law reviews. For article, "The Adoption of Children in Colorado", see 37 Dicta 100 (1960). For article, "Adoption Procedures of Minor Children in Colorado", see 12 Colo. Law, 1057 (1983). For article, "Lawful Permanent Residence and Citizenship for the Adopted Foreign Child", see 15 Colo. Law. 2207 (1986).
Permits a same-sex couple to jointly petition to adopt? No explicit prohibition.
Permits a same-sex partner to petition to adopt partner’s adopted child? Yes.
(This record updated on Jan. 14, 2008)
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