| G. Standard of Appellate Review |
| In
the Interest of A.G.-G, 899 P.2d 319 ( |
Trial
court
findings of fact will not be disturbed unless clearly erroneous. Credibility of witnesses,
sufficiency,
probative effect and weight of the evidence as well as the inferences
and
conclusions to be drawn from them are all within the trial court’s
province. They will
not be overturned
unless they are so clearly erroneous they find no support in the record.
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| People
ex rel. D.P., 181 P.3d 403 ( |
For
termination appeals, deference is given to juvenile court findings. The Court of Appeals may
not disturb juvenile
court findings supported by the appropriate evidentiary burden in
reviewing
whether the findings complied with termination criteria.
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| C.S.
v. People, 83 P.3d 627, 640-41 ( |
The
appellate
court can assume the juvenile court considered and eliminated less
drastic
alternatives to termination.
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| C.R.S. § 19-5-214 | For adoption appeals, the child’s best interests must be considered. The adoption decree must be sustained unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the decree is not in the child’s best interests. No final adoption decree can be challenged after ninety days for any jurisdictional or procedural defect. |
| 25 U.S.C.A. § 1913 |
Under
the
Indian Child Welfare Act, the parent may revoke consent to adoption up
to two
years after the adoption decree is entered.
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