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Are service animals allowed in the courts?

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Yes, Colorado law, section 24-34-803, C.R.S., provides that a person with a disability has the right to be accompanied by a service animal specially trained for that person as a reasonable accommodation or a trainer of a service animal, or an individual with a disability accompanied by an animal that is being trained to be a service animal, has the right to be accompanied by the service animal in training.

The service animal or service animal in training must be permitted to accompany the individual with a disability or trainer to all areas of the facility where customers are normally allowed to go. An individual with a service animal or service animal in training may not be segregated from other customers.

The care and supervision of the service animal is the sole responsibility of the owner. The court is not required to provide care, food or a special location for the animal.

How do I get a new birth certificate after adoption?

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will prepare and issue the child’s new birth certificate.  

Vital Records, Birth Unit 
4300 Cherry Creek Drive 
South Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 
(303) 692-2200 
Link to Website: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/vitalrecords 

Steps to a new birth certificate

Step 1 

Complete a Report of Adoption Form found on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website or by clicking on this link: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/adoption-information A report of Adoption must be completed for each child that has been adopted. Fill it out very carefully! This form will be used to create the new birth certificate. A form with cross outs and white out over mistakes will not be accepted. 

Step 2 

Submit the original Report of Adoption Form and 2 additional copies to the court on the date of the adoption hearing. The court will certify the Report of Adoption and send it along with a certified copy of the Final Decree to the Colorado Vital Records Division. 

Step 3 

Vital Records Division will process a new birth certificate. The Vital Records Division will contact you within 4-6 weeks of the hearing and ask the adoptive parents to:

  • Complete a Vital Records application
  • Provide photo identification of the adopting parents
  • Pay a processing and a birth certificate fee