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CO Code § 15-10-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 10 - General Provisions, Definitions, Jurisdiction|Part 6 - Compensation and Cost Recovery|§ 15-10-606. Applicability

  This part 6 applies to:   An estate existing before, on, or after August 10, 2011; and    Proceedings to determine the reasonableness of compensation and costs commenced on or after August 10, 2011.       This part 6 does not apply to proceedings to determine the reasonableness of compensation and costs commenced before August 10, 2011, unless the court determines that the application of this part 6 would not prejudice the rights of any party to the proceeding and the court directs otherwise.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire part added, (SB 11-083), ch. 101, p. 302, § 1, effective August 10.
CO Code § 15-11-102.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-102.5. Share of Designated Beneficiary

  If the decedent is survived by a person with the right to inherit real or personal property from the decedent in a designated beneficiary agreement executed pursuant to article 22 of this title, the intestate share of the decedent's designated beneficiary is:   The entire estate if no descendent of the decedent survives the decedent; or    One half of the intestate estate if one or more descendants of the decedent survive the decedent.        History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added,(SB 10-199), ch. 374, p. 1748, § 4, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For provisions relating to the time of taking effect or the provisions for transition of this code, see § 15-17-101 .
CO Code § 15-11-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-105. No Taker

 If there is no taker under the provisions of this article, the intestate estate passes to the state of Colorado, subject to the provisions of section 15-12-914 .   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 978, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-105 as it existed prior to 1995.   ANNOTATION   Where the language in a will limits participation in the estate to named devisees and all the devisees predecease the termination of a trust, the corpus of the trust escheats to the state, regardless of whether omitted heirs exist. In re Estate of Walter, 97 P.3d 188 (Colo. App. 2003).
CO Code § 15-11-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-106. Per Capita at Each Generation

  Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Deceased descendant”, “deceased parent”, or “deceased grandparent” means a descendant, parent, or grandparent who either predeceased the decedent or is deemed to have predeceased the decedent under section 15-11-104.    “Surviving descendant” means a descendant who neither predeceased the decedent nor is deemed to have predeceased the decedent under section 15-11-104.       Decedent's descendants. If, under section 15-11-103 (2), a decedent's intestate estate or a part thereof passes “per capita at each generation” to the decedent's descendants, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) surviving descendants in the generation nearest to the decedent which contains one or more surviving descendants and (ii) deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share. The remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who are allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.    Descendants of parents or grandparents. If, under section 15-11-103 (4) or (6), a decedent's intestate estate or a part thereof passes “per capita at each generation” to the descendants of the decedent's deceased parents or either of them, or to the descendants of the decedent's deceased grandparents or any of them, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) surviving descendants in the generation nearest to the deceased parents or either of them, or the deceased grandparents or any of them, that contains one or more surviving descendants and (ii) deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share. The remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who were allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 978, § 3, effective July 1, 1995. L. 95: (2) and (3) amended, p. 354, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended,(HB 09-1260), ch. 107, p. 444, § 8, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-106 as it existed prior to 1995.
CO Code § 15-11-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-107. Kindred of Half Blood

 Relatives of half blood inherit the same share they would inherit if they were of whole blood.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 979, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-107 as it existed prior to 1995.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Children of the Half Blood”, see 18 Dicta 158 (1941).
CO Code § 15-11-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-110. Debts to Decedent

 A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 979, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-111 as it existed prior to 1995.   Cross references:   For an offset against a successor's interest for a noncontingent indebtedness to an estate, see § 15-12-903 .
CO Code § 15-11-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-111. Alienage

 No individual is disqualified to take as an heir, devisee, grantee, lessee, mortgagee, assignee, or other transferee because the individual or an individual through whom he or she claims is or has been an alien.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 980, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-112 as it existed prior to 1995.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provision similar to this section.   This section is valid and does not violate § 27 of art. II, Colo. Const.McConville v. Howell, 17 F. 104 (8th Cir. 1883).   This section is illustrative of the fact that the policy towards aliens has been one of marked liberality. Patek v. Am. Smelting & Ref. Co., 154 F. 190 (8th Cir. 1907).   Under this section an alien is possessed of right and title indefeasible as against all the world, save the sovereign, and defeasible by the latter only by direct proceedings for that purpose. Billings v. Aspen Mining & Smelting Co., 51 F. 338 (8th Cir. 1892).
CO Code § 15-11-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-112. Dower and Courtesy Abolished

 The estates of dower and courtesy are abolished.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 980, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-113 as it existed prior to 1995.
CO Code § 15-11-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-113. Individuals Related to Decedent Through Two Blood Lines

 An individual who is related to the decedent through two blood lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based upon the relationship which would entitle the individual to the larger share.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 980, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-114 as it existed prior to 1995.
CO Code § 15-11-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-116. Effect of Parent-Child Relationship

 Except as otherwise provided in section 15-11-119 , if a parent-child relationship exists or is established under this subpart 2, the parent is a parent of the child and the child is a child of the parent for the purpose of intestate succession.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added,(HB 09-1287), ch. 310, p. 1676, § 8, effective July 1, 2010.    Cross references:   For other provisions on establishing parent-child relationships, see the “Uniform Parentage Act”, article 4 of title 19.   COMMENT   Scope. This section provides that if a parent-child relationship exists or is established under any section in subpart 2, the consequence is that the parent is a parent of the child and the child is a child of the parent for the purpose of intestate succession by, from, or through the parent and the child. The exceptions in Section 2-119(b) through (e) refer to cases in which a parent-child relationship exists but only for the purpose of the right of an adoptee or a descendant of an adoptee to inherit from or through one or both genetic parents.
CO Code § 15-11-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-117. No Distinction Based on Marital Status

 Except as otherwise provided in section 15-11-114 , 15-11-119 , 15-11-120 , or 15-11-121 , a parent-child relationship exists between a child and the child's genetic parents, regardless of the parents' marital status.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added,(HB 09-1287), ch. 310, p. 1676, § 8, effective July 1, 2010.    Cross references:   For another provision on marital status, see § 19-4-103 .   COMMENT   Scope. This section, adopted in 2008, provides the general rule that a parent-child relationship exists between a child and the child's genetic parents, regardless of the parents' marital status. Exceptions to this general rule are contained in Sections 2-114 (Parent Barred from Inheriting in Certain Circumstances), 2-119 (Adoptee and Adoptee's Genetic Parents), 2-120 (Child Conceived by Assisted Reproduction Other than Child Born to Gestational Carrier), and 2-121(Child Born to Gestational Carrier).   This section replaces former Section 2-114(a), which provided: “(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), for purposes of intestate succession by, through, or from a person, an individual is the child of his [or her] natural parents, regardless of their marital status. The parent and child relationship may be established under [the Uniform Parentage Act] [applicable state law] [insert appropriate statutory reference].”   Defined Terms. is defined in Section 2-115 as the child's genetic father or genetic mother. is defined as the woman whose egg was fertilized by the sperm of a child's genetic father. is defined as the man whose sperm fertilized the egg of a child's genetic mother.  Genetic parent Genetic mother Genetic father
CO Code § 15-11-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 1 - Intestate Succession|§ 15-11-122. Equitable Adoption

 This subpart 2 does not affect the doctrine of equitable adoption.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added,(HB 09-1287), ch. 310, p. 1682, § 8, effective July 1, 2010.    COMMENT   On the doctrine of equitable adoption, see Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers § 2.5, cmt. k & Reporter's Note No. 7 (1999).
CO Code § 15-11-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 2 - Elective-Share of Surviving Spouse|§ 15-11-204. Decedent's Net Probate Estate

 The value of the augmented estate includes the value of the decedent's probate estate, reduced by funeral and administrative expenses, family allowance, exempt property, and enforceable claims.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE,(HB 14-1322), ch. 296, p. 1223, § 2, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-201 (2)(a) as it existed prior to 2014.
CO Code § 15-11-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 2 - Elective-Share of Surviving Spouse|§ 15-11-206. Decedent's Nonprobate Transfers to the Surviving Spouse

 Excluding property passing to the surviving spouse under the federal social security system after the decedent's date of death, the value of the augmented estate includes the value of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the decedent's surviving spouse, which consist of all property that passed outside probate at the decedent's death from the decedent to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent's death, including:    The decedent's fractional interest in property held as a joint tenant with the right of survivorship, to the extent that the decedent's fractional interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving joint tenant;    The decedent's ownership interest in property or accounts held in POD, TOD, or co-ownership registration with the right of survivorship, to the extent the decedent's ownership interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving co-owner; and    All other property that would have been included in the augmented estate under section 15-11-205 (1) or (2) had it passed to or for the benefit of a person other than the decedent's spouse, surviving spouse, the decedent, or the decedent's creditors, estate, or estate creditors.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE,(HB 14-1322), ch. 296, p. 1226, § 2, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-202 (2)(c) as it existed prior to 2014.   Cross references:   For protected persons and protective proceedings, see article 14 of this title.
CO Code § 15-11-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 2 - Elective-Share of Surviving Spouse|§ 15-11-207. Surviving Spouse's Property and Nonprobate Transfers to Others

  Except to the extent included in the augmented estate under section 15-11-204 or 15-11-206, the value of the augmented estate includes the value of:   Property that was owned by the decedent's surviving spouse at the decedent's death, including:   The surviving spouse's fractional interest in real property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship created during the marriage to the decedent, except as provided in section 15-11-208, and the surviving spouse's fractional interest in personal property held by the surviving spouse in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship;    The surviving spouse's ownership interest in property or accounts held in POD, TOD, or co-ownership registration with the right of survivorship; and    Property that passed to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent's death but not including the spouse's right to family allowance, exempt property, or payments under the federal social security system after the decedent's date of death; and       Property that would have been included in the surviving spouse's nonprobate transfers to others, other than the spouse's fractional and ownership interests included under subparagraphs (I) and (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) had the spouse been the decedent.       Property included under this section is valued at the decedent's death, taking the fact that the decedent predeceased the spouse into account, but for purposes of subparagraphs (I) and (II) of paragraph   of subsection (1) of this section, the values of the spouse's fractional and ownership interests are determined immediately before the decedent's death if the decedent was then a joint tenant or a co-owner of the property or accounts. For purposes of this subsection (2), proceeds of insurance that would have been included in the spouse's nonprobate transfers to others under section 15-11-205 (1)(d) are not valued as if he or she were deceased.       The value of property included under this section is reduced by enforceable claims against the surviving spouse.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE,(HB 14-1322), ch. 296, p. 1226, § 2, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-202 (2)(d) as it existed prior to 2014.   Cross references:   For rights of election, see § 15-11-201 ; for right to exempt property and family allowance, see §§ 15-11-403 and 15-11-404 .
CO Code § 15-11-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 2 - Elective-Share of Surviving Spouse|§ 15-11-208. Exclusions, Valuations, and Overlapping Application

     Exclusions. The value of any property is excluded from the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others:   To the extent the decedent received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth for a transfer of the property; or    If the property was transferred with the written joinder of, or if the transfer was consented to in writing by, the surviving spouse; or    If the property was transferred to a bona fide purchaser.       For purposes of this subsection (1), in the absence of a finding of a contrary intent, joinder in the filing of a gift tax return does not constitute consent or joinder.    Any life insurance maintained pursuant to a marriage dissolution settlement agreement or court order or any distribution from a plan qualified under section 401 (a) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended, is excluded from the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others to the extent such items are payable to a person other than the surviving spouse.    Life insurance, accident insurance, pension, profit sharing, retirement, and other benefit plans payable to persons other than the decedent's surviving spouse or the decedent's estate are excluded from the augmented estate.    Any completed transfers made by the decedent prior to July 1, 1974, are excluded from the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others.    Any fractional interest in real property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship, if such joint tenancy was created by a donative transfer by someone other than the decedent or the surviving spouse, is excluded from the augmented estate.       Valuations. The value of property:   Included in the augmented estate under section 15-11-205, 15-11-206, or 15-11-207 is reduced in each category by enforceable claims against the included property; and    Includes the commuted value of any present or future interest and the commuted value of amounts payable under any trust, life insurance settlement option, annuity contract, public or private pension, disability compensation, death benefit or retirement plan, or any similar arrangement, exclusive of the federal social security system.       Overlapping application - no double inclusion. In case of overlapping application to the same property of the provisions of section 15-11-205, 15-11-206, or 15-11-207, the property is included in the augmented estate under the provision yielding the highest value and under only one overlapping provision if they all yield the same value.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE,(HB 14-1322), ch. 296, p. 1227, § 2, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-202 (3) as it existed prior to 2014.
CO Code § 15-11-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 2 - Elective-Share of Surviving Spouse|§ 15-11-210. Personal Liability of Recipients

  Only original recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, and the donees of the recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, to the extent the donees have the property or its proceeds, are liable to make a proportional contribution toward satisfaction of the surviving spouse's elective-share or supplemental elective-share amount. A person liable to make a contribution may choose to give up the proportional part of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to him or her or to pay the value of the amount for which he or she is liable.    If any section or any part of any section of this part 2 is preempted by any federal law other than the federal “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, as amended, with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit included in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, a person, who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit is obligated to return that payment, item of property, or benefit or is personally liable for the amount of that payment or the value of that item of property or benefit, as provided in section 15-11-209, to the person who would have been entitled to it were that section or part of that section not preempted.    A bona fide purchaser who purchases property from a recipient or who receives a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is neither obligated under this part 2 to return the payment, item of property, or benefit nor liable under this part 2 for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE,(HB14-1322), ch. 296, p. 1229, § 2, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 15-11-204 as it existed prior to 2014.
CO Code § 15-11-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 4 - Exempt Property and Allowances|§ 15-11-401. Applicable Law

 This part 4 applies to the estate of a decedent who dies domiciled in this state. Rights to exempt property and a family allowance for a decedent who dies not domiciled in this state are governed by the law of the decedent's domicile at death.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 995, § 3, effective July 1, 1995. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 657, § 5, effective July 1.
CO Code § 15-11-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries|Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills|Part 4 - Exempt Property and Allowances|§ 15-11-402. Homestead

 The provisions of sections 38-41-201 and 38-41-204 , C.R.S., provide for a homestead exemption but shall not create an allowance for the surviving spouse or minor children. A personal representative's obligation to distribute property as an exempt property allowance under section 15-11-403 , to pay money as a family allowance under section 15-11-404 , or to distribute property to devisees, heirs, or beneficiaries shall not be considered a debt, contract, or civil obligation, as referred to under sections 38-41-201 and 38-41-202 , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 995, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.