FAQs about Colorado Large Capacity Magazine Ban
Starting on July 1, 2013, selling, transferring or possessing a Large Capacity Magazine in Colorado is a class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado.
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Interpleader: Your New Best Friend?
Are you involved in a dispute over money or property? Are you sure that you in the right? Either way, be careful. Giving that property to another person may not resolve the dispute. Keeping the property can expose you to breach of contract, theft, conversion and a host of other claims. In this situation, interpleader may be the answer.
Avoiding Family Feuds Over Personal Property
Almost always, the death of a parent causes some sibling issues to bubble to the surface. In most families, the issues are dealt with, ignored, or siblings go on with their lives without a fuss. On occasion, those issues explode into litigation. So what is the fuse that ignites the explosion? Personal property.
Using Colorado Beneficiary Deeds vs. Colorado Quitclaim Deeds To Avoid Probate: A Comparison
Many people try to avoid Colorado probate because of the perceived expense. To avoid a Colorado probate proceeding upon death, Colorado real and personal property must pass to the heirs by other means. In the case of real estate, Colorado quitclaim deeds (note: not Colorado quit claim deeds, as erroneously written at times) are often used. In most cases, however, the better alternative is a Colorado beneficiary deed.
Marital Agreements
Pre or post marital agreements define the rights of each spouse in the event of divorce or death. Any couple with a marital agreement should have a will. Here is why.
Colorado Deed Service: Colorado Real Estate Document Management Resource
Colorado Deed Service is a comprehensive real estate document management resource based in Colorado that provides the following services: Deed preparation and recording in Colorado. Colorado Deed Service can assist you in all your Colorado real estate document needs. Transfers of Colorado real estate into revocable trusts. Colorado Deed Service can manage the entire process […]
Common Law Marriage
In this day and age of cohabitation instead of marriage, Colorado courts hear more and more claims of common law marriage. Determining whether a couple is common law husband and wife is not always easy. Any person cohabitating with another should ponder the question, “Are we married in the eyes of Colorado law?” Traditional Marriage […]
Recovering Nonprobate Assets to Pay Estate Claims
Many individuals avoid probate by using revocable trusts, payable on death designations and joint tenancy. When they die, their money quickly disappears leaving creditors with unpaid probate claims. However, there are ways to recover nonprobate assets from persons who receive those assets.
The Colorado Family Purpose Doctrine
The general rule is that liability for a debt rests with the person who incurred the debt. However, like most general rules, there are many exceptions. One of those exceptions is something called the family purpose doctrine.
The family purpose doctrine states that the expenses of the family and the education of the children are chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, or either of them, and in relation thereto they may be sued jointly or separately. In simple English, this means that both husband and wife are responsible for the grocery bill regardless of who went to the store.
Homeowners Associations & Dues
Have a dispute with your beloved homeowner association? Thinking about withholding your dues or assessments in protest? Well, be careful. You may lose your real property in the process.