! District Court ! Denver Probate Court ___________________________________ County, Colorado Court Address: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: COURT USE ONLY Case Number: Deceased Division: Courtroom: ORDER ADMITTING WILL TO FORMAL PROBATE AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE UPON CONSIDERATION of the Petition filed by (Name) ____________________________________________ __________________________________________ for formal probate of will and determination of heirs, and for: ! ! ! ! formal appointment of personal representative, confirmation of a previous informal appointment of personal representative, setting aside of prior informal findings as to testacy, setting aside of prior informal appointment of personal representative. THE COURT FINDS, DETERMINES AND ORDERS: 1. Any required notices have been given or waived. 2. Venue is proper. 3. The proceeding was commenced within the time period required by law. 4. The decedent died on the date of ____________________, domiciled in the City of ____________________ County of _________________________________, State of ______________________________________. 5. The decedent left a will dated _______________________________________. The dates of all codicils are _______________________________________________________________________________________. The will and any codicils are referred to as the will. There are no known prior wills which have not been expressly revoked by a later instrument. The will is the decedent’s last will and it is admitted to formal probate. ! The prior informal finding as to testacy is set aside. 6. The heirs of the decedent are: NAME CPC 10 R7/01 RELATIONSHIP ORDER ADMITTING WILL TO FORMAL PROBATE AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Page 1 of 2 2002 © American LegalNet, Inc. 7. (Name) _____________________________________, whose address is ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________, telephone (______)_____________, is entitled to be appointed personal representative. ! The appointment is made and Letters Testamentary shall be issued. ! The prior informal appointment and previously issued Letters Testamentary are confirmed. The personal representative shall serve ! without bond. ! with bond in the amount of $____________________. ! in unsupervised administration. ! in supervised administration as described in an attachment to this order. ! the prior informal appointment of (Name) ______________________________________is set aside. Dated: ________________________________ BY THE COURT ______________________________________ ! Magistrate ! Judge CPC 10 R7/01 ORDER ADMITTING WILL TO FORMAL PROBATE AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Page 2 of 2 2002 © American LegalNet, Inc.