Probate can take six months to a year in Colorado, depending on the complexity of the estate. The size of the estate, the clarity of the will, and whether it’s a formal or informal probate case can ...

Probate is a legal process that deals with the assets and debts left behind after someone dies. Though necessary in some cases, it can be time-consuming, expensive and emotionally draining for the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What is probate? Probate is the legal process that is used to transfer title of property from the decedent to his or her devisees (named in the will) or ...

After law school, I worked as a law clerk for the Denver Probate Court, the state’s only trial court whose jurisdiction is dedicated exclusively to decedent’s estates, trusts and related areas of the ...

“Probate” is one of those legal terms, like “deposition” or “subpoena” or “warrant,” that is regularly used but not always fully understood, even by lawyers. The term comes from a Latin word meaning ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s probate courts have not followed laws enacted to protect vulnerable adults and children from abuse by guardians and conservators, state auditors ...

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Colorado does a miserable job of monitoring the guardians and conservators who control the finances — and, in many cases, the living conditions — of incapacitated adults, minor wards and other ...

Alan Fantin called the other day to let me know that the Homeless Millionaire is no longer homeless. The 51-year-old Fantin was the subject of our September 5 cover story, “The Homeless Millionaire,” ...