Colorado § 15-5-1404 Application to existing relationships

Colorado Statutes

§ 15-5-1404 — Application to existing relationships

Colorado § 15-5-1404

Title 15Probate,

Art.Colorado Uniform Trust Code

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-5-1404 (2026).

Text

(1)Except as otherwise provided in this article 5, including section 15-5-508, on January 1, 2019:

(a)This article 5 applies to all trusts created before, on, or after January 1, 2019;

(b)This article 5 applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after January 1, 2019;

(c)This article 5 applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before January 1, 2019, unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this article 5 would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case the particular provision of this article 5 does not apply and the superseded law applies;

(d)Any rule of construction or presumption provided in this article 5 ap

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(1) Except as otherwise
provided in this article 5, including section 15-5-508, on January 1, 2019:

(a) This article 5 applies to all trusts created before, on, or after January 1,
2019;

(b) This article 5 applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts
commenced on or after January 1, 2019;

(c) This article 5 applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts
commenced before January 1, 2019, unless the court finds that application of a
particular provision of this article 5 would substantially interfere with the effective
conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which
case the particular provision of this article 5 does not apply and the superseded law
applies;

(d) Any rule of construction or presumption provided in this article 5 applies
to trust instruments executed before January 1, 2019, unless there is a clear
indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the trust; and

(e) An act done before January 1, 2019, is not affected by this article 5.

(2) If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a
prescribed period that has commenced to run pursuant to any other statute before
January 1, 2019, then the period prescribed by that statute as it existed prior to
January 1, 2019, continues to apply to the right, even if the statute has been
repealed or suspended.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added, (SB 18-180), ch. 169, p. 1191, � 1, effective January 1, 2019. L. 2021: IP(1) amended, (SB 21-162), ch. 170, p. 944, � 4, effective September 7.