District Court Denver Probate Court ____________________________________ County, Colorado Court Address: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Deceased COURT USE ONLY Case Number: Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): Phone Number: E-mail: FAX Number: Atty. Reg. #: Division Courtroom PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 1. Petitioner, (Name) ____________________________________________________________________________ as _______________________________________________, is an interested person. (§15-10-201, C.R.S.) 2. The decedent died on the date of __________________________, at the age of _____________years, domiciled in the City of ____________________, County of __________________, State of _________________________. 3. Venue for this proceeding is proper in this county because the decedent: was a domiciliary of this county on the date of death. was not a domiciliary of Colorado, but property of the decedent was located in this county on the date of death. 4. No personal representative has been appointed by a Court in this state or elsewhere. A personal representative of the decedent has been appointed by a Court in this state or elsewhere as shown on the attached explanation. (§15-12-301, C.R.S.) 5. Petitioner: has not received a demand for notice and is unaware of any demand for notice of any probate or appointment proceeding concerning the decedent that may have been filed in this state or elsewhere. has received, or is aware of, a demand for notice. See attached demand or explanation. 6. Except as may be disclosed on an attached explanation and after the exercise of reasonable diligence, petitioner is unaware of any unrevoked will relating to property located in this state. 7. No statutory time limitation applies to the commencement of these proceedings. (§15-12-108, C.R.S.) 8. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Name, address, and telephone number of the nominee for Personal Representative ___________________________________________________________________________________________ is 21 years of age or older, and has priority for appointment because of: statutory priority. (§15-12-203, C.R.S.) reasons stated in the attached explanation. 9. The nominee is to serve: without bond with bond (§15-12-604, C.R.S.) 10. in unsupervised administration in supervised administration. (§15-12-502, C.R.S.) The decedent was not married at the time of death. The decedent was married at the time of death. (§15-11-102, C.R.S.) All of the decedent’s surviving issue are issue of surviving spouse and there are no other issue of surviving spouse who survive the decedent. CPC 13-P R7/04 PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Page 1 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com All of decedent’s surviving issue are issue of surviving spouse and surviving spouse has other surviving issue. Not all of the decedent’s issue are issue of the surviving spouse. There is a surviving parent but no surviving issue of decedent. There are no surviving issue or parents of decedent. 11. Listed below are the names and addresses of decedent’s spouse, children, and heirs, and the names and addresses of guardians or conservators of incapacitated or protected persons. (See instructions below.) NAME (Include spouse, if any) ADDRESS (or date of death) AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH OF MINORS (or nature of disability) INTEREST AND RELATIONSHIP (See instructions) PETITIONER REQUESTS the Court to set a time and place of hearing; that notice be given to all interested persons as provided by law; that after notice and hearing, the Court find and order that the decedent left no will and determine the heirs of the decedent; that the nominee: be formally appointed as personal representative be formally confirmed as personal representative without bond with bond in unsupervised administration in supervised administration (additional fee required) and that Letters of Administration be issued to the personal representative or confirmed. Petitioner also requests: a setting aside of prior informal findings as to testacy, a setting aside of prior informal appointment of personal representative, ________________________________________________________________________________________. _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Signature of Attorney for Petitioner (Type or Print name below) Signature of Petitioner (Type or Print name, address and telephone # below) Date _______________________________________________ Date ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARAGRAPH 11: Include any statements of legal disability or other incapacity required by Rule 10, C.R.P.P. Where a listed person is an heir, detail the relationship to the decedent, which creates heirship. Examples: son, daughter of pre-deceased son. (§§15-11-101 to 114, C.R.S.) Attach additional sheets if necessary. CPC 13-P R7/04 PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Page 2 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com