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Chapter 20 - § 20.1 • STATUTORY POWERS AND DUTIES
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The Code, as did former law, requires the personal representative to take possession of the estate of the decedent, real and personal, but permits him or her to allow persons presumptively entitled to ultimate ownership thereof to retain possession until the personal representative feels that orderly administration requires that he or she take actual possession. C.R.S. § 15-12-709. Under the Code, as under prior law, the representative is required to manage the property, pay taxes, and otherwise protect it, and may bring a suit to recover it or to determine title to it. The personal representative has all the powers conferred on him or her by the Colorado Fiduciaries' Powers Act unless denied by will or court order. C.R.S. §§ 15-12-711, -715, and 15-11-801, et seq. Also, if the probate lawyer has not studied the Powers Act to determine the wide variety of powers conferred, he or she should do so, although the more important of these powers are summarized in § 20.39.
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- Chapter 20 Management of Assets
- Chapter 20 - CHAPTER 20 MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.1 • STATUTORY POWERS AND DUTIES
- Chapter 20 - § 20.2 • DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN DUTIES TOWARD REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
- Chapter 20 - § 20.3 • DUTY OF LOYALTY
- Chapter 20 - § 20.4 • SELF-DEALING
- Chapter 20 - § 20.5 • DELEGATION
- Chapter 20 - § 20.6 • RECORDS AND INFORMATION
- Chapter 20 - § 20.7 • CARE — PRUDENCE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.8 • PROTECTING ESTATE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.9 • SEGREGATION OF ASSETS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.10 • BANK ACCOUNTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.11 • INCOME
- Chapter 20 - § 20.12 • IMPARTIALITY
- Chapter 20 - § 20.13 • CO-FIDUCIARIES
- Chapter 20 - § 20.14 • ADVISORS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.15 • DILIGENCE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.16 • LIABILITY FOR LACK OF PRUDENCE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.17 • ADVICE OF COUNSEL
- Chapter 20 - § 20.18 • CONTINUING BUSINESS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.19 • PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.20 • COLLECTING AND PROTECTING ASSETS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.21 • INSURANCE COVERAGE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.22 • DECEDENT'S UNCOMPLETED SECURITY ORDERS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.23 • NOTIFYING BANKS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.24 • INVESTMENTS — PRUDENT INVESTMENT RULE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.25 • REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO PROPERTY
- Chapter 20 - § 20.26 • RENT AND REPAIR OF REAL ESTATE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.27 • LIENS AND TAXES
- Chapter 20 - § 20.28 • CLAIMS AGAINST OTHERS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.29 • CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.30 • COMMISSION OF TORTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.31 • CONTRACTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.32 • WASTE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.33 • QUIETING TITLE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.34 • PURCHASE CONTRACTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.35 • SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF SALE CONTRACTS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.36 • JOINDER IN CERTAIN FEDERAL TAX RETURNS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.37 • BUYING AT EXECUTION SALE
- Chapter 20 - § 20.38 • BORROWING AND PLEDGING
- Chapter 20 - § 20.39 • COLORADO FIDUCIARIES' POWERS ACT
- Chapter 20 - § 20.40 • FIREARMS
- Chapter 20 - § 20.41 • FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS
- Chapter 20 - CHAPTER BIBLIOGRAPHY
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