Change in Protective Proceedings Forms

In case you have not yet heard, all Protective Proceeding forms are changing.  They will no longer have CPC numbers but will have JDF numbers.  Some of them have already been approved by the Supreme Court and can be found at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Forms/SubCategory.cfm/Category/Probate . The forms not only have new numbers, most of them have been improved, updated and changed.  Please start using the new forms from the above website.  The Denver Probate Court website is not updated yet with all of these forms but will be as soon as they are all completed. 

NOTE:  Any attorney filing a new conservatorship case, please note that the Interim/Final Accounting (CPC 43) form will no longer be a filing requirement.  There has been a new Conservator’s Report created that encompasses the report and accountings into one form.  So… please leave any reference to “annual accountings” out of your Proposed Order Appointing Conservator.  Though the new Conservator’s Report is not available quite yet, it will be by the time the new Conservators are required to file annual reports.  

Another exciting change is that new document types are available when e-filing on LexisNexis:  Guardian’s Report filed, Conservator’s Report filed, Inventory with Financial Plan filed, Petition for Termination of Guardianship, and Petition for Termination of Conservatorship.  Please begin using these new types!  Regarding the Inventory with Financial Plan, this will soon be a combined form instead of two separate documents.  You should begin using this document type when e-filing any Financial Plan instead of “Filing Other.”  You may still use the type “Inventory” for the inventory until the new form is released.  As soon as the new form is released the “Inventory” document type will be used solely for decedent’s estates.  Please show this article to anyone on your staff that does e-filing.

THANK YOU!

For any questions regarding the new forms for Protective Proceedings, please contact Beth Tomerlin, Protective Proceedings Facilitator, Denver Probate Court Sarah.Solano@denverprobatecourt.org