C.R.S.
Section 15-11-705
Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession
(1)
Definitions.(a)
“Adoptee” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-115.(b)
“Child of assisted reproduction” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-120.(c)
“Distribution date” means the date when an immediate or postponed class gift takes effect in possession or enjoyment.(d)
“Functioned as a parent of the adoptee” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-115, substituting “adoptee” for “child” in that definition.(e)
“Functioned as a parent of the child” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-115.(f)
“Genetic parent” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-115.(g)
“Gestational child” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-121.(h)
“Relative” has the meaning set forth in section 15-11-115.(2)
Terms of relationship.(3)
Relatives by marriage.(4)
Half-blood relatives.(5)
Transferor not genetic parent.(6)
Transferor not adoptive parent.(a)
The adoption took place before the adoptee reached eighteen years of age;(b)
The adoptive parent was the adoptee’s stepparent or foster parent; or(c)
The adoptive parent functioned as a parent of the adoptee before the adoptee reached eighteen years of age.(7)
Class-closing rules.(a)
A child in utero at a particular time is treated as living at that time if the child lives one hundred twenty hours after birth.(b)
If a child of assisted reproduction or a gestational child is conceived posthumously and the distribution date is the deceased parent’s death, the child is treated as living on the distribution date if the child lives one hundred twenty hours after birth and was in utero not later than thirty-six months after the deceased parent’s death or born not later than forty-five months after the deceased parent’s death.(c)
An individual who is in the process of being adopted when the class closes is treated as adopted when the class closes if the adoption is subsequently granted.
Source:
Section 15-11-705 — Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).