{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-5-201","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 19-5-201","heading":"Who may be adopted.","body":"Any child legally available for adoption as provided in section 19-5-203, under eighteen years of age, and either present in the state at the time the petition for adoption is filed or under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least six months may be adopted. Upon approval of the court, a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age may be adopted as a child, and all provisions of this part 2 referring to the adoption of a child shall apply to such a person.","path":["Title 19 - CHILDREN'S CODE","Article 5 - Relinquishment and Adoption","Part 2 - ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-19.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"8bec56adb80f4b371b5bc889722dc6aaee222f311a6b704b04a16aeacb7517a4","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-5-200.2","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-5-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}