Tag: probate
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Appeals court finds El Paso County magistrate erred in 2 cases
Colorado’s second-highest court last month concluded a former El Paso County magistrate did not follow the law or the rules governing magistrates when adjudicating two complex family disputes. The first case revolved around the guardianship of Martin Acosta, a developmentally disabled man in his mid-50s. His mother had been his legal guardian since 1997, but…
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Money & the Law: Know the rules when it comes to pay-on-death accounts
Although avoiding probate is probably overrated, there are several legal tools available to transfer wealth at death that don’t require much, if any, lawyer handholding and don’t require a probate proceeding. These are generally referred to as nonprobate transfers and included here are pay-on-death accounts. When you own a bank, savings, brokerage or mutual fund…
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Colorado justices permit limited disclosure of medical records during contested will proceedings
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a Weld County judge properly allowed for disclosure of a deceased man’s medical records in the dispute between his children over the validity of his will. Writing in the June 10 opinion, Justice Melissa Hart acknowledged that physician-patient confidentiality, much like attorney-client confidentiality, applies even after a…
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Colorado Supreme Court to analyze how wage law applies to Amazon holiday pay
The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced it will decide whether Amazon is complying with the state’s wage law by excluding shifts worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime pay. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The case addressing overtime pay came to the Supreme Court through an…