Philanthropy is a part of our culture. Last year, it surged past the $400 billion mark for the first time. According to the Giving USA Foundation, a 5.2 percent year-over-year increase resulted in charitable organizations receiving about $410 billion. While the...
At our Colorado law firm, our attorneys act when appointed by courts throughout the state as guardians ad litem in court proceedings involving vulnerable individuals like children, people with intellectual disabilities and incapacitated persons of any age, including...
The Colorado probate courts can expedite guardianship proceedings in emergency situations. In these cases, the emergency guardian appointment cannot last more than 60 days.A temporary (emergency) guardianship can be converted to a permanent guardianship, but service...
At our law firm, we use a full range of estate planning tools to customize estate plans for the needs and goals of everyone we represent. One important tool to have in the toolbox is the revocable living trust, called an RLT for short. The main reason people use RLTs...
Developmental disabilities exist across a broad spectrum. Diagnosis may occur at birth or with failures to hit benchmarks in the first years. In other instances, it may take until adolescence or even early adulthood for such a disability to become apparent. Autism in...
For years, to preserve eligibility for Supplemental Security Income or SSI, a federal government cash benefit, and the federal-state Medicaid program -- called Health First Colorado in our state -- people with disabilities have had to remain relatively impoverished....
In order to execute a valid will or estate plan, the testator must have the mental capacity to do so. Colorado Statute 15-11-501 puts it this way: “An individual eighteen or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will.” What does it mean to be “of sound...
At & LLC, one of our foremost professional goals is to help families with children or other relatives who have autism or other intellectual or developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome or Fragile X...
Many of the clients at our law firm come here because they are concerned about their aging parents. Problems can range from physical frailty to declining cognitive ability that can bring challenges in self-care and personal safety as well as open them up to other...
Today we will talk about what a Colorado personal representative does to administer the estate he or she has been appointed to handle. Last week, we talked about the fiduciary duties of a personal representative, including duties of loyalty, care and impartiality...
