Colorado § 19-3-608 - Effect of decree.
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§ 19-3-608. Effect of decree.
(1) An order for the termination of the parent-child legal relationship divests the child and the parent of all legal rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations with respect to each other, but it shall not modify the child's status as an heir at law which shall cease only upon a final decree of adoption.
(2) No order or decree entered pursuant to this part 6 shall disentitle a child to any benefit due him from any third person, including, but not limited to, any Indian tribe, any agency, any state, or the United States.
(3) After the termination of a parent-child legal relationship, the former parent is not entitled to any notice of proceedings for the adoption of the child by another, nor has he any right to object to the adoption or to otherwise participate in such proceedings.
Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 790, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-11-108 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Representing the Mentally Retarded or Disabled Parent in a Colorado Dependent or Neglected Child Action", see 11 Colo. Law. 693 (1982).
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.
Termination includes the elimination of any right of continued visitation between parent and child, including such rights provided in a court order. People in Interest of M.M., 726 P.2d 1108 (Colo. 1986).
Section 15-11-119 (3) prevails over the conflicting provisions in subsection (1) of this section because § 15-11-119 (3) is both more specific and more recent. Section 15-11-119 (3) is more specific because it applies only to children who have been adopted by certain relatives of their biological parents; subsection (1) continues to apply to nonrelative adoptions. In re Estate of Gallegos, 2021 COA 115, 499 P.3d 1058.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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