Colorado § 15-10-604 Fee disputes - process and procedure

Colorado Statutes

§ 15-10-604 — Fee disputes - process and procedure

Colorado·Title 15 Probate,·Art. General Provisions, Definitions,

(1)A dispute over the reasonableness of a request for compensation or costs authorized by this part 6 shall be resolved in accordance with the factors set forth in section 15-10-603 (3) and the process and procedure set forth in this section.

(2)For purposes of this section, a fee dispute shall be deemed to have arisen when an objection to compensation or costs has been filed in a proceeding.

(3)After the objection to compensation or costs has been filed, the person requesting compensation or costs shall have thirty-five days, or a greater or lesser time as the court may direct, to make available to the objector for inspection and copying all documentation that the person deems necessary to establish the reasonableness of the compensation and costs in consideration of the fact

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(1) A dispute over the
reasonableness of a request for compensation or costs authorized by this part 6
shall be resolved in accordance with the factors set forth in section 15-10-603 (3)
and the process and procedure set forth in this section.

(2) For purposes of this section, a fee dispute shall be deemed to have arisen
when an objection to compensation or costs has been filed in a proceeding.

(3) After the objection to compensation or costs has been filed, the person
requesting compensation or costs shall have thirty-five days, or a greater or lesser
time as the court may direct, to make available to the objector for inspection and
copying all documentation that the person deems necessary to establish the
reasonableness of the compensation and costs in consideration of the factors set
forth in section 15-10-603 (3) and to certify to the court that such documentation
was made available to the objector on a certain date. The objector shall then have
fourteen days, or a greater or lesser time as the court may direct, to file specific
written objections to such compensation and costs based on the factors set forth in
section 15-10-603 (3). The fourteen days shall commence on the date that the
person makes the documentation available to the objector or upon the filing of the
person's certification, whichever is later. The court may permit further discovery on
the compensation and cost issues raised by the pleadings only upon good cause
shown.

(4) Subject to the court's inherent authority to order alternative dispute
resolution methods, the court shall determine, after notice and hearing, the amount
of compensation and costs it considers to be reasonable and shall issue its findings
of fact and conclusions of law referencing the factors set forth in section 15-10-603
(3) and any other factors it deems relevant to its decision.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2011: Entire part added, (SB 11-083), ch. 101, p. 300, � 1, effective August 10. L. 2012: (3) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 837, � 42, effective July 1.