Colorado § 15-10-101 - Short title.
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§ 15-10-101. Short title.
Articles 10 to 17 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Probate Code" and is referred to in said articles as "this code" or "code".
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1538, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-101.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "New Probate Code for Colorado", see 13 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 85 (1941). For article, "Check Lists for Court Proceedings in Which Titles to Real Estate Are Involved", see 23 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 371 (1951). For article, "Some Suggested Changes in the Colorado Statutes Concerning Wills and Estates", see 29 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 595 (1957). For article, "Due Process in Involuntary Civil Commitment and Incompetency Adjudication Proceedings: Where Does Colorado Stand?", see 46 Den. L.J. 516 (1969). For article, "Family Protection Under the Uniform Probate Code", see 50 Den. L.J. 137 (1973). For article, "A Potpourri of Probate Practice Aids", see 11 Colo. Law. 1850 (1982). For article, "The Life Beneficiary — Trustee", see 12 Colo. Law. 52 (1983). For article, "Uniform State Laws of Interest to Colorado Probate Lawyers", see 14 Colo. Law. 1961 (1985). For article, "Decedents' Creditors and Nonprobate Assets", see 15 Colo. Law. 2190 (1986).
Applied in Bohl v. Haney, 671 P.2d 991 (Colo. App. 1983).
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