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The fee for service is determined by your process server so it can vary, there is no set fee.

The filing fees are determined by statute. 13-32-104(1)(a) C.R.S

An adoption is the legal process where birth parents’ rights are terminated and permanently awarded to adoptive parents. When a child is adopted, the adopting parents assume all the rights and responsibilities for the child. A birth parent cannot reappear one day and try to reclaim parental rights of the child.

Any person over the age of 21 can adopt a child and persons under the age of 21 who get special permission from the court. If married, spouses must file jointly for adoption. If you are single, you can adopt on your own.

A child can be adopted by a step-parent if the custodial parent agrees and the non-custodial parent has either: 

• Abandoned the child for a year or more, 
• Failed to provide reasonable support for the child, such as failing to pay child support, or 
• Consents to the adoption. C.R.S. § 19-5-203(d)(I) and (II).

Yes, if you are a grandparent, brother, sister, one-half sibling, aunt, uncle or first cousin of the child to be adopted and the child has lived with you for one year or more. Such a relative will want to petition the court for a “Kinship Adoption.” C.R.S. § 19-5-203(j).