2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 19 - Children's Code
Article 5. Relinquishment and Adoption
Section 19-5-101. Termination of the parent-child legal relationship.
(1) The juvenile court may, upon petition, terminate the parent-child legal relationship between a parent or parents, or a possible parent or parents, and a child in:
Proceedings under section 19-1-104 (1)(d);
(a.5) Proceedings under section 19-5-103.5 (2)(d);
Proceedings under section 19-5-105;
Proceedings under section 19-5-203 (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), (1)(j), and (1)(k); or(d) Proceedings under section 19-5-105.5.
No parent shall relinquish the parent-child legal relationship with a child other thanin accordance with the provisions of this article.
A termination by a court of a parent-child legal relationship pursuant to proceedingsunder this section or any section described by subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed to terminate a sibling relationship between sibling children who are parties to the termination of the parent-child legal relationship.
Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, § 1, effective October 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 1065, § 9, effective June 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 113, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (3) added, p. 2, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2013: (1)(b) and (1)(c) amended and (1)(d) added, (SB 13-227), ch. 353, p. 2057, § 2, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 § 19-4101 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
