{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-7-105","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 26-7-105","heading":"Eligibility for adoption benefits.","body":"(1) Only an eligible child or youth who has special needs that create a barrier to his or her adoption is eligible for adoption benefits.\n\n(2) The following conditions must be present at the time the eligible child or youth was placed for adoption; except that a child or youth who meets the medical and disability requirements for federal supplemental security income does not need to meet the additional conditions:\n\n(a) The eligible child or youth was in the custody of a county department, a person to whom the custody of the child has been given by proper order of a dependency and neglect court, or a nonprofit child placement agency, and is legally available for adoption, including the resolution of all appeals; and\n\n(b) It has been determined that the eligible child or youth cannot or should not be returned home to his or her biological parents; and\n\n(c) Reasonable but unsuccessful efforts to place the eligible child or youth for adoption without benefits have been made, except under the following circumstances:\n\n(I) It is determined that such efforts would be against the best interest of the eligible child or youth because of factors that include, but are not limited to, the existence of a significant bond with the prospective adoptive parents or a search for a nonsubsidized adoptive placement would delay a child's or youth's right to permanency in a timely manner; or\n\n(II) The eligible child or youth is being placed by a birth parent with designated adoptive parents through a nonprofit child placement agency; and\n\n(d) The county department or nonprofit child placement agency has determined that the adoptive family has the capability of providing for the nonfinancial needs of the eligible child or youth.","path":["Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE","Article 7 - Subsidization of Adoption"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-26.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"af65ff29b3e368ba8e12d223e78921ef4a21f21cfdf1e3e1d361cf27c55b0b64","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-7-104","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-26-7-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}