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Testate Informal (with a will) Packet [Forms]
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Intestate Informal
(no will) [Forms]
To open an estate for a decedent who did not leave a will
Close an estate Informally [Forms] (also part of the above packets)
Ancillary Administration:
(When do I need these forms)
Domiciliary
Foreign Personal Representative’s Sworn Statement [Forms]
Certificate of Ancillary Filing - Decedent’s Estate JDF930.pdf | JDF930.doc
Rule Change 2007 (04) Rule 18
Ancillary Proceeding Information and Court Procedure
Information of Appointment (Revised form 03/07) JDF 940
Q. How do
I know what form to use?
A. Is there a will? Are you named in the will? If you answered yes to
these questions, download Testate Informal
A. If there is not a will - Are you applying to be the personal representative?
Are there any objections? If you answered yes to applying to
be the personal representative and no to any objections, download
Intestate Informal.
If there are objections, download Intestate Formal.
Q. What
is notice?
A.
Notice is a way to tell people that a hearing is going to be held or that
the Court is going to order something to happen.
Q. Do I have
to “give notice”?
A.
The law requires you to give notice to interested parties. If you do not
show the Court proof of notice before the hearing, your hearing will be
cancelled. [Click here to read more about giving
notice]
Q. What
is an Ancillary Proceeding?
A. An ancillary proceeding is one in which a personal representative
appointed in another state (a foreign personal representative) wishes
his/her letters recorded in Colorado so that business may be more readily
conducted here. For example, a person appointed as personal representative
in Kansas, may need to sell Colorado property belonging to the decedent’s
estate.
Helpful brochures available on-line from The Colorado Bar Association:
Probate in Colorado
http://www.cobar.org/group/display.cfm?GenID=420
What to do When Someone Dies http://www.cobar.org/group/display.cfm?GenID=425
So Now Your Are a Personal Representative http://www.cobar.org/group/display.cfm?GenID=422
List of all brochures available http://www.cobar.org/group/index.cfm?category=55&EntityID=dpwfp