Venue

19-5-102. Venue. (1) A petition for relinquishment of the parent-child relationship shall be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides. If a child placement agency is involved, the petition may be filed in the county where the child placement agency is located. (2) A petition for termination of the parent-child legal relationship pursuant to section 19-5-105.5 or section 19-5-105.7 must be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioner resides. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 801, � 1, effective October 1. L. 88: Entire section R&RE, p. 746, � 16, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 938, � 1, effective March 21. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1162), ch. 167, p. 591, � 5, effective July 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 Editor's note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-1-105 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.