D.  Adoption Home Study

C.R.S. § 19-5-207(2)
An adoption home study should accompany the petition. The county DHS, the child placement agency, or a designated qualified individual does the home study. 

C.R.S. § 19-5-209(1)
If a home study is not submitted with the petition, the court should order it to be completed and filed.

C.R.S. § 19-5-206(2)(b)
 C.R.S. § 19-5-206(2)(c)
The court may waive the home study if the relinquishing parent has designated the child’s grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or sister as the desired adoptive parent. In cases involving kinship or custodial adoption, the court may either waive the assessment or require an abbreviated home study.

C.R.S. § 19-5-207(9)
If the child is being placed by a child placement agency, it must file an affidavit indicating the agency’s license is in good standing. The agency’s failure to provide this notice constitutes a class three misdemeanor.




C.R.S. § 19-5-208(2) and (3)













C.R.S. § 19-5-207(2)
The study must evaluate the adopting parents, the child, and the suitability of the adoption.  It must also investigate and include the:
  • Information contained in the petition;
  • Physical and mental health, emotional stability, and moral integrity of the petitioner, and the ability of the petitioner to promote the welfare of the child;
  • Confirmation that the petitioner has participated in adoption counseling if the court deems such counseling appropriate (the counseling may address the permanence of the decision, the impact of the decision on the adopting parent and the adopting parent’s family, and the issue surrounding the possibility of the adoptee’s desire to contact the relinquishing parent);
  • The physical and mental condition of the child;
  • The child’s family background, including the names of parents and other identifying data regarding the parents, if obtainable;
  • Reasons for the termination of the parent-child legal relationship;
  • The suitability of the adoption of this child by this petitioner and the child’s own disposition toward the adoption in any case in which the child’s age makes this feasible; and
  • The length of time the child has been in the care and custody of the petitioner.
    All parties are entitled to see the home study.