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2022 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 12 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 9 - Special Provisions Relating to Distribution
§ 15-12-915. Distribution to Person Under Disability
Universal Citation: CO Code § 15-12-915 (2022)
- A personal representative or trustee may discharge his obligation to distribute to any person under legal disability:
- By distributing to his conservator; or
- By distributing to any person authorized by law to give a valid receipt and discharge for the distribution; or
- The court may authorize distribution to a parent or relative of or a person having the custody and being responsible for the care of the person under disability for such person's use or benefit, subject to such terms and conditions as the court shall direct and approve; or
- By distributing in any way authorized by the terms of the will or trust instrument or by the "Colorado Uniform Transfers to Minors Act", article 50 of title 11, C.R.S.; but, in making any such distribution, the personal representative or trustee has a duty to act as a prudent man with due regard to the obligations of a fiduciary.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1601, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-3-915. L. 81: (1)(d) amended, p. 915, § 9, effective July 1. L. 84: (1)(d) amended, p. 394, § 7, effective July 1.
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