Chapter 32 - § 32.8 • INTESTACY AVOIDED

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 32.8 • INTESTACY AVOIDED

It is presumed that the testator intended to dispose of all of the estate, and the will should be construed to avoid a total or partial intestacy,⁷ but if the will does not dispose of the entire estate, it has been held that the court will not supply the omission. Blatt, 243 P. 1099; Gibson, 272 P. 660.

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^[7] State v. Rogers, 344 P.2d 1073 (Colo. 1959); Estate of Boyle, 221 P.2d 357 (Colo. 1950); Feeney v. Mahoney, 231 P.2d 465 (Colo. 1951), superseded by C.R.S. § 15-11-606(2); Clayton v. Hallett, 70 P. 429 (Colo. 1902); see Liebhardt, 229 P.2d 933; Jones v. Pueblo Sav. & Trust Co., 87 P.2d 2 (Colo. 1939); Estate of Bennett, 789 P.2d 446 (Colo. App. 1989); Estate of Jenkins, 890 P.2d 188 (Colo. App. 1994), aff'd, 904 P.2d 1316 (Colo. 1995).