(1)The
following court docket fees shall be charged:
(a)Public administrator statements of account in small estates, as small
estates is defined in section 15-12-1201, having gross assets:
Fee Tax Total
(I)Less than $500.00 fee waived
(II)$500.00 or more,
but less than $2,000.00 $ 9.00 1.00 10.00
(III)$2,000.00 or more $ 108.00 1.00 109.00
(b)The docket fee charged in all other decedent, trust, or conservatorship
estates filed by a public administrator shall be the same fee as those charged to
the general public filing a similar type of action.
(c)Nineteen dollars of each fee collected pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(III) of
this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall deposit it in the
office of public guardianship cash fund established pursuant t
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(1) The
following court docket fees shall be charged:
(a) Public administrator statements of account in small estates, as small
estates is defined in section 15-12-1201, having gross assets:
Fee Tax Total
(I) Less than $500.00 fee waived
(II) $500.00 or more,
but less than $2,000.00 $ 9.00 1.00 10.00
(III) $2,000.00 or more $ 108.00 1.00 109.00
(b) The docket fee charged in all other decedent, trust, or conservatorship
estates filed by a public administrator shall be the same fee as those charged to
the general public filing a similar type of action.
(c) Nineteen dollars of each fee collected pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(III) of
this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall deposit it in the
office of public guardianship cash fund established pursuant to section 13-94-108
(1).
(2) On or before March 1 of each year, each public administrator and deputy
public administrator shall file with the appointing court, using a standard report
form directed by the chief justice, an annual report concerning the administration of
the public administrator cases during the previous calendar year. In addition to the
information required on the standard report form, the public administrator shall
provide any additional information required by the appointing court.
(3) The office of the public administrator shall only charge fees and costs
that are reasonable and proper for similar services in the community. The public
administrator shall maintain detailed time records for all charged services. The
public administrator shall attempt to minimize fees while providing quality
fiduciary, administrative, and legal services to all assigned estates. The public
administrator may charge the estates under his or her administration for the
services of attorneys, paralegals, bookkeepers, certified public accountants,
investigators, tax counsel, or any other professional or nonprofessional who
provides necessary services which further the cost-effective administration of the
estates. A public administrator who is a member of a law firm may use the legal
services of that firm to assist the public administrator in his or her duties as the
public administrator or as a fiduciary. All fees of the public administrator or of the
public administrator's agents and employees are subject to review by the court
having jurisdiction over the estate in which the fees were incurred. The payment of
public administrators' administrative fees and costs shall have priority over all other
claims and exempt property or family allowances. In cases in which the public
administrator is appointed to administer an estate and a more suitable person is
subsequently located and such person is then appointed to continue the
administration of the estate, the public administrator shall be entitled to receive the
prompt payment of his fees and costs for the period of his administration of the
estate.
(4) Cash assets collected by the public administrator in small decedent
estates may be combined into a single public administrator's trust account which
shall be held in a federally insured bank or savings and loan association located in
this state. The total amount of the funds in a single public administrator's trust
account shall not exceed the federal deposit insurance limits for such accounts.
When an additional account is required, such account shall be opened in a different
Colorado bank or savings and loan association which has the required federal
deposit insurance protection. Regardless of whether the public administrator is an
attorney, all estate funds under the control of a public administrator shall be
governed by the rules set forth by the Colorado supreme court in the code of
professional responsibility, DR 9-102, dealing with trust accounts, unless otherwise
modified by this section. Any public administrator's trust account may be utilized as
the temporary depository for any public administrator funds. When letters are
issued in an estate, the funds belonging to such an estate shall be promptly
transferred to an account or accounts in the individual estate's name.