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Probate

Carol Cooke Darrow writes Geneology Rocks! column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Each element of genealogy, whether census records, land records or probate records, require learning about how and when these records were created, who created them and what exactly was included in those records. A probate process is used to determine how a property will be administered and distributed after a person’s death. If there is …

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“What Is Probate?”

Simply stated, probate is the process of proving the validity of a will, paying creditors of the decedent, and distributing the decedent’s assets to the rightful beneficiaries. Colorado has a simplified, unsupervised probate system; therefore, over 90% of estates in Colorado never see the inside of a courtroom. Court-appointed Personal Representatives do most of the …

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