Colorado § 15-10-106 - Effect of fraud and evasion.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 15-10-106 — Effect of fraud and evasion., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-10-106. Effect of fraud and evasion.
Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this code or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this code, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or restitution from any person (other than a bona fide purchaser) benefitting from the fraud, whether innocent or not. Any proceeding must be commenced within five years after the discovery of the fraud. This section has no bearing on remedies relating to fraud practiced on a decedent during his lifetime which affects the succession of his estate.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1539, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-106.
ANNOTATION
Because this section provides an adequate legal remedy for plaintiff's claim that her son fraudulently induced her into not contesting her husband's will, the statute of limitations in § 15-12-108 is not subject to equitable tolling. In re Estate of Kubby, 929 P.2d 55 (Colo. App. 1996).
In the city and county of Denver, the jurisdiction for a claim of fraud lies only with the probate court and district court properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction in this matter. Pound v. Fletter, 39 P.3d 1241 (Colo. App. 2001).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 15-10-106 ("Effect of fraud and evasion.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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