Free Colorado forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
In Colorado, a will is signed before 2C.R.S. § 15-11-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyC.R.S. § 15-11-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Colorado allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2C.R.S. § 15-18-106 (no separate statutory form; execution requirements only)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses or a notary.
Colorado treats a power of attorney as durable by defaultC.R.S. § 15-14-705 (execution); § 15-14-704 (durability); § 15-14-706 (validity/choice of law); § 15-14-707 (choice of law); § 15-14-709 (springing); § 15-14-713 (agent acceptance); § 15-14-719-720 (third-party protections); § 15-14-724 (hot powers); § 15-14-741 (statutory form); § 15-14-742 (agent certification); § 38-30-123 (mandatory recording of POA used to convey real property); § 38-30-124 (acknowledgment of real-property POA, permissive); § 38-35-109(1) (race-notice recording); § 13-22-101 (age of majority 18)Verified Sep 18, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirementC.R.S. § 15-14-705 (execution); § 15-14-704 (durability); § 15-14-706 (validity/choice of law); § 15-14-707 (choice of law); § 15-14-709 (springing); § 15-14-713 (agent acceptance); § 15-14-719-720 (third-party protections); § 15-14-724 (hot powers); § 15-14-741 (statutory form); § 15-14-742 (agent certification); § 38-30-123 (mandatory recording of POA used to convey real property); § 38-30-124 (acknowledgment of real-property POA, permissive); § 38-35-109(1) (race-notice recording); § 13-22-101 (age of majority 18)Verified Sep 18, 2026View source.
In Colorado, a pour-over will is signed before 2C.R.S. § 15-11-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
In Colorado, a beneficiary deed is signed before a notaryC.R.S. 15-15-401 to 15-15-415Verified Oct 18, 2026View source, then recorded with the county before the owner's deathC.R.S. 15-15-401 to 15-15-415Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Colorado: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
In Colorado, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.1%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
Probate in Colorado takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.1%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Colorado costs an estimated $26,082C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 2%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.1%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Colorado costs an estimated $26,082C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.1%C.R.S. § 15-10-602 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate. Estates under $88,000C.R.S. § 15-12-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source can use a small-estate procedure instead.
Settling an estate in Colorado: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysC.R.S. § 15-12-706Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 monthsC.R.S. §§ 15-12-801, 15-12-803, 15-12-805, 15-12-806Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Colorado runs $3,390Estimate: 10 hours at $339, Clio's Colorado Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $5,085Estimate: 15 hours at $339, Clio's Colorado Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $1,044Estimate: 3 hours at $348, Clio's Colorado Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $2,088Estimate: 6 hours at $348, Clio's Colorado Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
107 estate planning firms in Colorado: probate, trust administration, and estate planning, by county and practice area.
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FirmGrand Junction, CO
Serves Mesa, Delta, and Montrose counties from Grand Junction. Drafts wills, living trusts, durable and medical powers of attorney, health care directives, and beneficiary designations, and handles estate probate, alongside family law and criminal defense. The firm opened in 1977 as LaCroix & Associates.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateCriminal DefenseFamily Law
FirmColorado Springs, CO
Serves clients throughout Colorado from offices in Colorado Springs and Denver. Handles probate, trust administration, and professional trustee services, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid and long-term care planning, and drafts wills, living trusts, special needs trusts, and advance directives. Runs monthly estate planning workshops and webinars.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
FirmGrand Junction, CO
Serves Mesa County from Grand Junction. Its estate planning and probate attorneys prepare wills and trusts and administer trusts and decedents' estates. The firm traces its history to Vincent & Vincent, one of the first law partnerships in western Colorado around the turn of the century.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Lawand 2 more
Solo PracticeCrested Butte, CO
Serves Western Slope communities including Crested Butte, Gunnison, Lake City, Montrose, and Telluride from Crested Butte. Counsels executors, administrators, and trustees through probate and estate administration, from inventorying property to settling debts and distributing assets, and handles trust administration, estate litigation, wills, and trusts. Attorney Aaron Huckstep is also a CPA.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
Solo PracticeSalida, CO
Serves Salida and Chaffee County from an office on West 2nd Street. Guides executors, administrators, and beneficiaries through probate, from asset inventory and debt settlement to final distribution, and drafts wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives. Attorney Dustin Hughes also prepares deeds and structures property for trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateAsset ProtectionReal Estate
FirmPueblo, CO
Serves Pueblo County from Pueblo. Handles probate and estate administration, wills and living trusts, and elder law matters including Medicaid long-term care planning, alongside business and real estate law. Attorney Linda McMillan is the Pueblo County Public Administrator.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planningand 2 more
Solo PracticeColorado Springs, CO
Serves the Front Range, including Colorado Springs, Monument, Denver, and Pueblo, from Colorado Springs. Handles probate with or without a will, small estate transfers, and trust administration for trustees, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
FirmLakewood, CO
Serves families throughout Colorado from offices in Lakewood and Denver, both by appointment. Handles probate and estate and trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and drafts wills and trusts with asset protection and tax planning. Attorneys Andrew R. Kroll and Tim Bounds offer free consultations and remote or virtual appointments.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
FirmBreckenridge, CO
Serves Summit County from Breckenridge, in practice since 1971, and works with out-of-state owners of property in the county. Its estate team, led by Felice Huntley for more than 25 years, administers estates and trusts after a death and drafts wills and revocable trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
Solo PracticePueblo, CO
Serves clients statewide from Pueblo, including El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Otero, Crowley, and Las Animas counties. Guides personal representatives through probate and trustees through trust administration, handles guardianships, conservatorships, and will and trust disputes, and drafts wills, trusts, and Medicaid plans, alongside workers compensation and personal injury work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 10 more
FirmEvergreen, CO
Serves Evergreen, Golden, Littleton, Boulder, and Denver, and estates throughout Colorado, from Evergreen. Attorney Tracy Jones supervises probate and trust administration for heirs, beneficiaries, and successor trustees, serves as a professional fiduciary in conservatorship and trustee roles, and drafts wills and trusts. The firm also handles family law, criminal defense, and personal injury.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 3 more
Solo PracticeCanon City, CO
Serves Canon City and the surrounding Fremont County communities. Handles probate and estate administration, establishes, modifies, and terminates guardianships and conservatorships, and drafts wills, powers of attorney for health care and finances, and living wills, alongside family law. Attorney Jolene DeVries has more than 30 years in practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipFamily Law
FirmBuena Vista, CO
Serves Chaffee, Pitkin, Garfield, Delta, and Grand counties from seven offices in Buena Vista, Salida, Aspen, Basalt, Glenwood Springs, Paonia, and Winter Park. Handles probate and trust administration and probate litigation for beneficiaries, personal representatives, and trustees, and builds wills, trusts, and succession plans. Managing partner Ann Jefferson leads the estate practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
Solo PracticeAlamosa, CO
Serves southern Colorado, including Alamosa, Durango, and Pagosa Springs, from Alamosa. Drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, and advance healthcare directives, alongside family law and Social Security disability claims. Consultations carry a fee and can be held by phone or Zoom.
PracticesEstate PlanningFamily Law
FirmLimon, CO
Serves Lincoln, Logan, and Phillips counties from offices in Limon, Sterling, and Haxtun, with further offices in Fort Morgan, Craig, and Steamboat Springs. Handles probate and trust administration and drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, including farm and ranch planning. Attorney Jenna H. Keller grew up on a wheat farm in northeastern Colorado.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
Solo PracticeHolyoke, CO
Serves Phillips and Yuma counties from Holyoke, with a satellite office in Yuma. Handles probate, adult and minor guardianships, conservatorships, and farm and ranch estate and succession planning for agricultural families. Founder Tammy Kelley is the Holyoke municipal judge and Phillips County Attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipand 3 more
FirmAlamosa, CO
Serves Alamosa, Conejos, and Rio Grande counties from Alamosa, including Monte Vista, Del Norte, Antonito, and La Jara. Drafts wills and trusts for San Luis Valley families, small business owners, farmers, and ranchers. Of counsel O. John Kuenhold served 31 years as a 12th Judicial District judge and as Water Judge for Water Division 3.
PracticesEstate PlanningBusiness LawPersonal InjuryReal EstateWater Law
Solo PracticeMinturn, CO
Serves Eagle, Summit, Lake, and Clear Creek counties from Minturn. Attorney Melissa Decker handles probate paperwork and accounting for personal representatives, and prepares wills, trusts, durable medical powers of attorney, and living wills. Posts hourly rates of $175 to $225 for legal services.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBankruptcyBusiness Lawand 2 more
FirmAurora, CO
Serves Arapahoe, Denver, and Douglas counties from Aurora, with location pages for Aurora, Centennial, Parker, and Denver. Supports executors and administrators through probate inventories, notices, and petitions, and guides trustees through trust administration, conservatorships, and guardianships. Plans for blended families, unmarried partners, and families with special-needs children.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 6 more
Solo PracticeDurango, CO
Serves La Plata, Archuleta, Montezuma, Dolores, San Juan, Mineral, Alamosa, and San Miguel counties from Durango. Handles probate, ancillary probate for out-of-state estates with Colorado assets, small estate administration, trust administration, will contests, and trust and probate administration disputes. Lynne Bruzzese brings three decades of litigation experience.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
