Colorado § 15-11-110 - Debts to decedent.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 15-11-110 — Debts to decedent., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-11-110. Debts to decedent.
A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.
Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 979, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 15-11-111 as it existed prior to 1995.
Cross references: For an offset against a successor's interest for a noncontingent indebtedness to an estate, see § 15-12-903.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 15-11-110 ("Debts to decedent.") 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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