Colorado § 15-10-302 - Subject matter jurisdiction.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 15-10-302 — Subject matter jurisdiction., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-10-302. Subject matter jurisdiction.
(1) The court has jurisdiction over all subject matter vested by article VI of the state constitution and by articles 1 to 10 of title 13, C.R.S.
(2) The court has full power to make orders, judgments, and decrees and take all other action necessary and proper to administer justice in the matters which come before it.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1545, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-302.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Probate Jurisdiction for Creditors' Claims", see 29 Colo. Law. 57 (May 2000).
Specific enumeration of probate court's subject-matter jurisdiction is applicable to all district courts sitting in probate matters. Lembach v. Lembach, 622 P.2d 606 (Colo. App. 1980).
Federal district court lacked diversity jurisdiction over will contest since probate exception to diversity jurisdiction applied. Exception applied because in Colorado a county court has exclusive original jurisdiction over probate matters. Johnson v. Porter, 931 F. Supp. 761 (D. Colo. 1996).
Probate court has jurisdiction to adjudicate constructive trust issue that arises in connection with the administration of decedent's estate. Lembach v. Lembach, 622 P.2d 606 (Colo. App. 1980); Mitchem v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, 802 P.2d 1141 (Colo. App. 1990).
Probate court's jurisdiction in guardianship cases gives probate court the authority to determine related parenting time issues in accordance with § 14-10-129. People ex rel. A.R.D., 43 P.3d 632 (Colo. App. 2001).
Court may revoke its orders and reopen proceedings irregularly made. A probate court may revoke its orders and reopen proceedings with respect to the settlement of estates which have been irregularly made or procured by fraud or mistake. Lembach v. Lembach, 622 P.2d 606 (Colo. App. 1980).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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