2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 19 - Children's Code
Article 5. Relinquishment and Adoption
Section 19-5-102. Venue.

Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 19-5-102 (2020)

(1) A petition for relinquishment of the parent-child relationship shall be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides. If a child placement agency is involved, the petition may be filed in the county where the child placement agency is located.

(2) A petition for termination of the parent-child legal relationship pursuant to section 19-5-105.5 or section 19-5-105.7 must be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides.

Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, § 1, effective October 1. L. 88: Entire section R&RE, p. 746, § 16, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 938, § 1, effective March 21. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1162), ch. 167, p. 591, § 5, 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Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-1-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.

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