G.  Standard of Appellate Review


In the Interest of A.G.-G, 899 P.2d 319 (Colo. App. 1995)
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.

People ex rel. D.P., 181 P.3d 403 (Colo. App. 2008)
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. 

C.S. v. People, 83 P.3d 627, 640-41 (Colo. 2004)
The appellate court can assume the juvenile court considered and eliminated less drastic alternatives to termination.

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.