HB 17-1304 Summary

• Amends Colorado adoption law to allow adoption of children under eighteen years of age who are under the jurisdiction of a Colorado court for at least six months, even if the child is not physically present in the state.

• Previously required children to be present in Colorado at the time an adoption petition was filed; this bill eliminates that physical presence requirement for children under court jurisdiction.

• Permits adoption of persons eighteen to twenty-one years of age with court approval, with all child adoption provisions applying to such persons.

• Takes effect July 1, 2017, and applies to adoption petitions filed on or after that date.