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 […]
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 […]
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.
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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.
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.
When it comes to horses and owner liability, two recent Colorado court cases underscore just how limited the exemption from civil liability is and the importance of liability waivers for anybody who owns a horse. A well-written liability waiver is a must for anybody who qualifies as an equine professional. And, surprise, you may be just that – an equine professional.
Most people who ride or own horses are aware of the Colorado law limiting civil liability for injuries caused by participating in equine activities. That statute is 13-21-119, C.R.S. In a very broad summary, those that ride horses assume the risk of injury and cannot recover from others when injured.
Well, times have changed since I first wrote about the disposition of dead bodies. It used to be that an individual could not control what happened to his or her body after death. Well, that has changed. Colorado’s Disposition of Last Remains Act Several years ago, Colorado enacted the Disposition of Last Remains Act. In […]
Many tax planning wills and trusts have a little secret hidden deep down inside – the up front expense of long-term estate tax planning. There is a cost to a will or revocable trust that creates irrevocable, tax planning trusts at death. A person should always review that plan and ask himself or herself, is […]
With more and more people buying residential real estate for investment purposes, many novice landlords learn the hard way that keeping a security deposit can result in big trouble. Landlords must comply with Colorado’s Wrongful Withholding of Security Deposits Act (the “Act”). Read on and save yourself (or collect!) treble damages and attorneys fees. Colorado’s […]