| H. Legal Custody Options |
| C.R.S. § 19-1-103(73) | Legal custody means the right to the care, custody, and control of a child and the duty to provide food, clothing, shelter, ordinary medical care, education, discipline for the child, to determine where the child will live (unless the child is placed with DHS), and, in an emergency, to authorize surgery or other extraordinary care. This custody may be taken from a parent only by court order. |
| C.R.S. § 19-1-115(1) |
Options
for
legal custody include an individual, agency or institution. Preference, however, is
for the child’s
grandparent who is determined to be appropriate, capable, willing, and
available for care if the court finds, after due diligence, no suitable
natural
or adoptive parent.
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| C.R.S. § 22-1-102 |
A
child is
determined to be a resident of the school district where the person
having
legal custody resides.
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-115(3)(b) C.R.S. § 24-60-1801 et seq |
No
individual
or agency vested by the court with legal custody of the child may
remove a
child from the state for more than thirty days without court approval. When granting this
approval, the court should
follow the requirements of the Interstate Compact on Placement of
Children (ICPC).
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-103(60) |
Legal
guardianship means the duty and authority to make major life decisions
affecting a child, including the authority to: consent to the child’s
marriage;
enlistment in the armed forces; medical or surgical treatment;
represent a
child in legal actions and make decisions of substantial legal
significance
concerning the child; consent to the adoption of a child when the
parent’s
rights were previously terminated; along with having the rights and
responsibilities of legal custody (when this has not been ordered in
another
person, agency, or institution.)
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