§ 15-10-101. Short Title
Articles 10 to 17 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Probate Code” and is referred to in said articles as “this code” or “code”. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1538, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-101.
§ 15-10-102. Purposes – Rule of Construction
This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. The underlying purposes and policies of this code are: To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons; To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution […]
§ 15-10-103. Supplementary General Principles of Law Applicable
Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this code, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1539, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-103.
§ 15-10-104. Severability
If any provision of this code or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are declared to be severable. […]
§ 15-10-105. Construction Against Implied Repeal
This code is a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, and no part of it shall be deemed impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if it can reasonably be avoided. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1539, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-105.
§ 15-10-106. Effect of Fraud and Evasion
Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this code or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this code, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or restitution from any person (other than […]
§ 15-10-106.5. Petition to Determine Cause and Date of Death Resulting From Disaster – Body Unidentifiable or Missing
If the occurrence of a disaster has been declared by proclamation of the governor under section 24-33.5-704, C.R.S., and it appears that a person has died as a direct result, but the remains have not been located or are unidentifiable, the coroner, sheriff, or district attorney for the county in which any part of such […]
§ 15-10-107. Evidence of Death or Status
In addition to the rules of evidence in courts of general jurisdiction, the following rules relating to a court determination of death and status apply: Death occurs when an individual is determined dead under section 12-240-140. An authenticated copy of a death certificate purporting to be issued by an official or agency of the place […]
§ 15-10-108. Acts by Holder of General Power
For the purpose of granting consent or approval with regard to the acts or accounts of a personal representative or trustee, including relief from liability or penalty for failure to post bond, to register a trust, or to perform other duties, and for purposes of consenting to modification or termination of a trust or to […]
§ 15-10-109. Remarriage of Absentee’s Spouse
At any time after a finding of death of an absentee in a formal testacy proceeding under this code, the spouse of an absentee may remarry, and: Such subsequent marriage shall not constitute the offense of bigamy or any other criminal offense under the laws of this state, even though the absentee shall later be […]
§ 15-10-110. Insurance and Other Contracts – Surrender Value – Effect of Contract Provisions – Suit on Claim of Death
A finding of death in a formal testacy proceeding under this code shall be fully effective as to rights under insurance, annuity, and endowment contracts dependent upon the life of an absentee, and the receipts of beneficiaries for payments made under any such contracts shall be a release to the contract issuer of all claims […]
§ 15-10-111. Entry Into Safe Deposit Box of Decedent – Definitions
Whenever a decedent at the time of his or her death was a sole or joint lessee of a safe deposit box, the custodian shall, prior to notice that a personal representative or special administrator has been appointed, allow access to the box by: If the decedent was the sole lessee of the box, a […]
§ 15-10-112. Cost of Living Adjustment of Certain Dollar Amounts
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “CPI” means the consumer price index (annual average) for all urban consumers (CPI-U): United States city average — all items, reported by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor or its successor agency or, if the index is discontinued, an equivalent index […]