If someone named you in his or her last will and testament as executor of his or her Colorado estate and you accepted this responsibility, that makes you a fiduciary. As FindLaw explains, what this means is that throughout the estate’s probate process you must act in...
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What are Colorado’s intestate succession laws?
If you die without a will in Colorado, or if the state deems your will invalid, your estate goes to the state, thereby rendering it "intestate." If the state assumes control of your estate, it will distribute your assets and wealth in accordance with intestate...
Colorado’s Office of Public Guardianship may soon offer help
A situation that happens all too frequently in Colorado is one where an individual who is elderly, facing physical or mental disabilities or who is at the final stages of Alzheimer's disease is abandoned by their loved ones. A judge often appoints these "at-risk"...