Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-3-212
Colorado
Revised Statutes
Title
19. Children's Code
Article
3. Dependency and Neglect Part
2. General Provisions
§ 19-3-212. Notice
of rights and remedies for families
(1) The state department shall prepare, with the assistance of the attorney
general, on a standardized written form, a detailed informational notice
of rights and remedies for families subject to the provisions of this
article.
(2)
The notice prepared pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be
supplied to all social service and law enforcement agencies in the state
and shall be delivered to all parents and families from whom children
are removed under court order or by law enforcement personnel, along with
a copy of the court order directing removal of the child or children from
the home. In addition to the notification on the court order, the informational
notice shall contain a statement as to the cause of the removal of the
child or children. The
notice shall also contain disclosure of the availability of the conflict
resolution process to persons who are the subject of any child abuse or
neglect report and to the parents, Indian custodians, guardian, or legal
custodian of a child who is the subject of any child abuse or neglect
report. The standardized written notice form prepared pursuant to subsection
(1) of this section shall also include a notification of rights of the
parents, Indian custodians, guardians, or legal custodians of Indian children
under the federal "Indian Child Welfare Act", 25 U.S.C. sec.
1901, et seq.
(3)
The notice prepared pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be
available for public inspection at a review and comment hearing prior
to its adoption.
CREDIT(S)
Added by Laws 1994, S.B.94-205,
§ 1, eff. June 3, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, S.B.97-218, §
10, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, Ch. 217, § 5, eff. May 30, 2002.
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