Colorado § 27-65-116 - Restoration of rights.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 27-65-116 — Restoration of rights., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-65-116. Restoration of rights.
Any person who, by reason of a judicial decree entered by a court of this state prior to July 1, 1975, is adjudicated as a person with a mental illness is deemed to have been restored to legal capacity and competency.
Source: L. 2022: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 22-1256), ch. 451, p. 3195, § 1, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-65-114 as it existed prior to 2022.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 27-65-116 is similar to § 27-65-114 as it existed prior to the 2022 amendments to this article, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.
For the unconstitutionality of this section as it existed prior to the 1977 amendment, see Estate of Phillips v. People, 192 Colo. 273, 558 P.2d 438 (1976).
Applied in People v. Lane, 196 Colo. 42, 581 P.2d 719 (1978).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-65-116 ("Restoration of rights.") 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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