§ 15-18-105 — Inability of declarant to sign

Colorado § 15-18-105

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 15: Probate,
• Art.: Colorado Medical Treatment

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(1) In the event that the declarant
is physically unable to sign the declaration, it may be signed by some other person
in the declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction. The other person shall
not be:

(a) The attending physician or any other physician;

(b) An employee of the attending physician or health-care facility in which
the declarant is a patient;

(c) A person who has a claim against any portion of the estate of the
declarant at his or her death at the time the declaration is signed; or

(d) A person who knows or believes that he or she is entitled to any portion of
the estate of the declarant upon the declarant's death either as a beneficiary of a
will in existence at the time the declaration is signed or as an heir at law.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2010: Entire article R&RE, (HB 10-1025), ch. 113, p. 379, � 1, effective August 11.