by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
Whether or not your devisees or heirs will have to go through probate to transfer title to your assets depends on how your assets were owned when you died. Depending on how your assets are owned, your estate may not have to go through the probate process because your...
by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
Probate is the legal process that is used to transfer title of non-jointly owned assets from the decedent to his or her devisees (recipients named in the will) or heirs (recipients named by law). Wills and intestate estates which must be probated range from simple and...
by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
Powers of attorney or an “advanced directives” allow you to designate someone you know and trust to be your agent to make health care and financial decisions on your behalf. The health care power of attorney and financial power of attorney are critical components of...
by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
Your will is part of an estate plan that includes your health care power of attorney, financial power of attorney, and living will. Once you have executed a will and estate plan documents, there will be changes in your life, your families’ lives, and changes in laws,...
by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
If a person dies without a will, he or she is said to have died “intestate.” When this happens, Colorado law essentially writes the person’s will for them through a set of statutes that dictate who is entitled to what, who has priority to be the personal...
by Fort Collins Attorney | Jun 23, 2015 | Wills
There are many reasons a person may want a will. Families with minor children would want to have a will to appoint a guardian of your choice for the minor children and to manage the assets of the minor children in trust, in the event there is no surviving parent and...
