Chapter 42 - § 42.1 • SCOPE

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 42.1 • SCOPE

As has been indicated in a number of places, hearings in probate matters follow the rules of evidence in other cases of a similar nature, except that in probate matters the dead man's statute is of particular significance. There are many cases that are not probate matters in which the statute is brought into play, but it has its largest impact in hearings before probate courts. Effective July 1, 2002, Colorado's historic dead man's statute, including the list of exceptions to operation of the rule, was repealed and re-enacted in a much...