Colorado Code § 19-5-101

Termination of the parent-child legal relationship
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(1) The juvenile court
may, upon petition, terminate the parent-child legal relationship between a parent or parents, or a
possible parent or parents, and a child in:
(a) Proceedings under section 19-1-104 (1)(d);
(a.5) Proceedings under section 19-5-103.5 (2)(d);
(b) Proceedings under section 19-5-105;
(c) Proceedings under section 19-5-203 (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), (1)(j), and (1)(k); or
(d) Proceedings under section 19-5-105.5.
(2) No parent shall relinquish the parent-child legal relationship with a child other than
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(3) A termination by a court of a parent-child legal relationship pursuant to proceedings
under this section or any section described by subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed
to terminate a sibling relationship between sibling children who are parties to the termination of
the parent-child legal relationship.

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