303-776-9900Authorities can be formed in accordance with Section 18, Article XIV of the Colorado Constitution and Sections 29-1-201, et seq. CRS. These cooperative entities provide a variety of functions and are one way to pool resources and maximize governmental services. Many types of special districts and local governments across the state have entered into partnerships […]
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Last quarter, I wrote about how you are able to protect yourself and your family members from injuries caused by uninsured and underinsured negligent drivers. But what if the shoe is on the other foot? What if you are now the defendant who ran the stop sign, looked down at the wrong time, or committed […]
After more than 10 years of tax chaos, the American Tax Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012 ended the uncertainty that swirled around estate and gift taxes. ATRA made permanent the $5,000,000 estate tax exclusion, generation skipping tax exemption and gift tax exclusion with all indexed for inflation ($5,340,000 in 2014). While this change should be […]
On May 2, 2014, Governor Hickenlooper signed HB 14-1193 into law. This legislation was passed in response to recent court decisions holding that “reasonable” fees could be charged for research and retrieval time spent in response to an open records request. While the courts stated that such fees are permissible, they did not define the […]
After the famous case in Boulder District Court, McLean v DK Trust, Colorado‘s legislature revised the statute on adverse possession. (C.R.S. § 38-41-101). In addition to making it a little more difficult to prove all of the elements of adverse possession for the party claiming ownership against the record owner, the revised statue allowed for […]
On February 18th, Governor Hickenlooper signed into law the much anticipated Local Government Election Code, legislatively known as HB-1164. HB-1164 was crafted to resolve several inconsistencies between special district election requirements and the new election provisions created by the passage of HB-1303 last year. HB-1164, codified at Section 1-13.5-101 et seq., C.R.S., applies to any […]
The Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (“CCIOA”), C.R.S. § 38-33.3-101, et seq, was amended in 2013. Two statutory amendments were made by HB 1276 and HB 1277. HB 1276 has been referred to as the “HOA Debt Collection Bill”. The legislature has continued to define and control collection procedures of HOAs to address what the […]
Is your will up to date? Do you have powers of attorney delegating financial and medical authority to a trusted family member or advisor? Do you have a living will? If not, spending some time updating your will and other estate planning documents would be a good holiday gift to your family, or a New […]
Three Ways to Empowerment When clients make appointments for “estate planning”, they tend to be focused on how they leave their property when they pass away. While this is, of course very important, we always stress that an estate plan is incomplete without properly drafted “powers of attorney.” A power of attorney is a legal […]
Spouses, Partners, Children & Uncertainty The Colorado Civil Union Act’s Legislative Declaration states that its purpose is to provide eligible couples (typically same-sex couples) the opportunity to obtain the same benefits, protections and responsibilities that Colorado law provides to spouses of a legal marriage. It seems a simple enough idea – just replace “spouse” with “partner […]
