IN RE ESTATE OF DOWDY

Court of Appeals No. 20CA1323.

503 P.3d 906 (2021)

2021 COA 136

IN RE the ESTATE OF Alvin DOWDY, deceased. Daniel Travers, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alvin Dowdy, Appellant, v. Donna Chervellera, Kristy D. Kruse, Brenda S. Travers, Vickie L. Fevig, Pamela J. Kirby, and Patricia Reagan, Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Announced November 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon J. Williams, P.C., Gordon J. Williams , Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Appellant.

No Appearance for Appellees.

Kirtland & Seal, L.L.C., Michael A. Kirtland , Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Chapter, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.


¶ 1 In this probate case, we are asked to interpret Colorado's family allowance statute, section 15-11-404, C.R.S. 2021, and to decide, as a matter of first impression, whether a surviving spouse is entitled to receive a family allowance when the decedent has no minor or dependent children. We conclude that the statute...

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