Serves clients from offices in Pueblo and the Denver Tech Center. Attorney Daniel Chapman guides personal representatives through informal and formal Colorado probate, including court filings, creditor issues, and distribution of assets, and handles trust administration. Meetings are also available by phone or video.
Denver is in Denver County.
Probate in Denver County
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Denver Probate Court
Denver County · 2nd Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202
Website
E-filing
Filing in person
Walk-ins accepted
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Verified October 15, 2026 · Source
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Colorado
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Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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Pour-Over Will
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.
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How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Colorado happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeC.R.S. § 15-5-101 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 daysC.R.S. § 15-5-813Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
In Colorado, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-5-708Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
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.
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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?
Colorado requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040C.R.S. § 39-22-104(1.7)(c); § 39-22-627 (temporary TABOR rate reductions)Verified Sep 20, 2026View source; a federal estate tax return (Form 706) is required only for estates above $15,000,00026 USC 2001(c), 2010; P.L. 119-21 §70106Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?
Inherited assets in Colorado take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death26 USC § 1014Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular ratesC.R.S. § 39-22-518 — "Tax modification for net capital gains" (as narrowed by HB21-1311 § 8, eff. TY2022)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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