a period of six months or more, if such action is commenced within six months of the termination of such physical custody. See Colo.Sess.Laws 1973, ch. 162, § 46-1-23(l)(d) at 554. In enacting § 14 — 10—123(l)(c), the Colorado General Assembly has indicated its preference for a more literal meaning of the phrase “physical custody.” Under that section, a non-parent having had physical custody of a child for six months or more is granted standing to commence proceedings for legal custody of such child so long as such proceedings are begun within six months after the physical custody has ended. The adoption of this section constitutes legislative recognition of the effects of “psychological parenting” upon the best interests of a child. See also § 19-3-702(5)(b), C.R.S. (1993 Cum.Supp.) (<HOLDING>). It also makes clear that the Colorado General
recognizing fundamental right of parents to care for their children holding that parents are constitutionally entitled to a hearing on parental fitness before children are removed from their custody recognizing childrens need for stability and permanency and thus upholding placement of children in permanent guardianship of foster parents holding that although the father did not have physical custody of his children at the time they were removed the children were nonetheless effectively removed from both their parents when they were removed from the physical custody of the mother and placed in another home pursuant to the dispositional decree recognizing need for custodial stability and permanency planning for children adjudged dependent or neglected and removed from physical custody of their parents without terminating the parentchild relationship