Criteria for Relinquishing Parental Rights Before asking the court if you can relinquish (give up) your parental rights to a child, you and your child must go to counseling (depending on the...
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About Legal Custody Adoption A legal custody adoption is when a person whom a child has lived with takes a child into their home to raise them permanently....
About Reporting Out-of-State Adoption An out-of-state or foreign adoption is an order from a Colorado court saying that an adoption approved by a court outside of the United States is legal....
About Same Sex Parent Adoption - Without a Civil Union In a same sex parent adoption without a civil union, a person(s) indicates that he or she wants to raise the child permanently with the...
About Stepparent Adoption A stepparent adoption is when a person indicates that he or she wants to raise their child permanently with their husband or wife who is not the biological parent o...
About the Colorado Court of Appeals The Colorado Court of Appeals is usually the first court of appeals for decisions from the district courts, Denver Probate Court, and Denver Juvenile Cour...
About the Denver Probate Court The Denver Probate Court, referred to as the 24th Judicial District, encompasses all of the City and County of Denver....