Tracking #2009-01026
Final (permanent) adoption 12/4/2009, eff. 2/1/2010
[former Tracking #2009-01069, emergency adoption 11/6/09, eff. 11/6/09]

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(12 CCR 2509-1)

[Note: statement of basis and purpose is incorporated with Tracking# 2009-01027 (Rule-making# 09-7-20-1/ 09072001.rtf)] 

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(12 CCR 2509-4)

[Instructions:  replace lines 1797447 through 1797457.] 
7.306.35  Release of Information from Closed Records [Rev. eff. 2/1/10]
A.  Pursuant to statute (Section 19-1-103(9), C.R.S.), the State Department or the county department shall release directly or select licensed child placement agencies to release non-identifying background information from closed records to adoptees eighteen (18) years of age and over or his/her legal representative or adoptive parents. The criteria for selecting such child placement agencies is outlined in Section 7.710.8.
B.  Identifying information may be released from a closed adoption record maintained at the State Department only by court order for adoptions occurring between July 2, 1967 and July 1, 1999. This includes identifying information, records, and papers (as defined in Section 19-1-103(6.5), C.R.S.), with the exception of Item C. 
C.  Adoption records, as defined in Section 19-1-103(6.5) and (6.7), C.R.S., from adoptions that occurred in Colorado between July 1, 1951 and July 1, 1967, maintained at the State Department, shall be released only to the adult adoptee or legal representative from a closed adoption record. Reasonable fees shall be charged to the adoptee for the process and the copies made.