Confirmatory Adoption

Confirmatory Adoption/LGBTQ

In 2022, Colorado passed Marlo’s Law. This law aims to make the adoption process easier for LGBTQ parents and many other couples. It creates a streamlined process for parents using assisted reproductive technology, who are not related to their child or did not give birth to them, to affirm their legal rights. Patterick Law can assist couples in securing these adoptions and provide peace of mind about your legal parental rights.

Read Colorado Bill HB22-1153, the Affirm Parentage Adoption In Assisted Reproduction Act, also known as Marlo's Law

Snippet from the Colorado General Assembly website:

"Bill Summary

Whenever a child is conceived or born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure (procedure) and the person who did not give birth is a parent or a presumed parent, the act allows the parents to complete an adoption of the child to affirm parentage. In such an instance, both parents must join the adoption petition as petitioners.

The act details what must be included on a form for adoption or a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage to acknowledge parentage of the child, as well as jurisdictional requirements and options. The act clarifies the requirements for parentage when a child is conceived through a procedure, including that the donor of gametes used in the procedure is not considered a parent, unless the gamete donor is a spouse or civil union partner of the person who gives birth to the child."