Planning and Filing Colorado Bankruptcy Cases

The best-planned bankruptcy cases go unnoticed. A few debtors glide through the system without attracting attention and receive full discharges in record time. Luck is not involved, but rather each successful debtor begins planning strategically a few weeks or months in advance. These debtors know something that you don’t.

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Colorado Bankruptcy Laws - Limitations

Colorado Revised Statutes, "15-11-402. Homestead. The provisions of sections 38-41-201 and 38-41-204, C.R.S., provide for a homestead exemption but shall not create an allowance for the surviving spouse or minor children. A personal representative's obligation to distribute property as an exempt property allowance under section 15-11-403, to pay money as a family allowance under section 15-11-404, or to distribute property to devisees, heirs, or beneficiaries shall not be considered a debt, contract, or civil obligation, as referred to under sections 38-41-201 and 38-41-202, C.R.S. History Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 995, § 3, effective July 1, 1995."

Operation of Colorado bankruptcy laws

In practice, occupation of a home requires a physical presence of the debtor on a regular basis. Problems arise because of multiple tracts, absence from the state, and divorce proceedings which fracture the application of domicile rules. Clarifying both domicile and residency through a written designation prevents surprises. If the validity of a homestead exemption is in question, written agreements and designation provide many debtors with a solution. Note: Absence from the country because of military service can not form the sole basis of abandonment.

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