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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 19-5-101: Termination of the parent-child legal relationship.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 19 - CHILDREN'S CODE
  2. Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption
  3. Part 1 - RELINQUISHMENT

(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 pursuant to:

(a) Section 19-1-104 (1)(d);

(a.5) Section 19-5-103.5 (2)(d);

(b) Section 19-5-105;

(c) Section 19-5-203 (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), (1)(j), and (1)(k);

(d) Section 19-5-105.5; or

(e) Section 19-5-105.7.

(2) No parent shall relinquish the parent-child legal relationship with a child other than in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(3) A termination by a court of a parent-child legal relationship pursuant to proceedings under 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.

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