A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.
Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 979, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 15-11-111 as it existed prior to 1995.
Cross references: For an offset against a successor's interest for a noncontingent indebtedness to an estate, see § 15-12-903.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills
§ 15-11-102.5. Share of Designated Beneficiary
§ 15-11-103. Share of Heirs Other Than Surviving Spouse and Designated Beneficiary
§ 15-11-104. Requirement of Survival by One Hundred Twenty Hours - Individual Gestation
§ 15-11-106. Per Capita at Each Generation
§ 15-11-107. Kindred of Half Blood
§ 15-11-110. Debts to Decedent
§ 15-11-112. Dower and Courtesy Abolished
§ 15-11-113. Individuals Related to Decedent Through Two Blood Lines
§ 15-11-114. Parent Barred From Inheriting in Certain Circumstances
§ 15-11-116. Effect of Parent-Child Relationship
§ 15-11-117. No Distinction Based on Marital Status
§ 15-11-118. Adoptee and Adoptee's Adoptive Parent or Parents
§ 15-11-119. Adoptee and Adoptee's Genetic Parents
§ 15-11-120. Child Conceived by Assisted Reproduction Other Than Child Born to Gestational Carrier