§ 15-20-101. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act”. Source: L. 73: p. 1655, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-11.
§ 15-20-102. Application
This article applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person: All personal property, wherever situated: Which was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; or All or the proportionate part of that property acquired with the rents, issues, or income of, […]
§ 15-20-103. Rebuttable Presumptions
In determining whether this article applies to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply: Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as or to have become, and remained, property to […]
§ 15-20-104. Disposition Upon Death
Upon death of a married person, one-half of the property to which this article applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. One-half of that property is the property of the decedent and is subject […]
§ 15-20-105. Perfection of Title of Surviving Spouse
If the title to any property to which this article applies was held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or by a trustee of an inter vivos trust created by the decedent, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an […]
§ 15-20-106. Perfection of Title of Personal Representative, Heir, or Devisee
If the title to any property to which this article applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or […]
§ 15-20-107. Purchaser for Value or Lender
If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this article applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent. If a personal representative or […]
§ 15-20-108. Creditor’s Rights
This article does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to which this article applies. Source: L. 73: p. 1655, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-7.
§ 15-20-109. Acts of Married Persons
This article does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this article applies. Source: L. 73: p. 1655, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-8.
§ 15-20-110. Limitations on Testamentary Disposition
This article does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by that person. Source: L. 73: p. 1655, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-9.
§ 15-20-111. Uniformity of Application and Construction
This article shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among those states which enact it. Source: L. 73: p. 1655, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-10.