CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 26:2
Fiduciary Relationship — Defined
A fiduciary relationship exists whenever one person is entrusted to act for the
benefit of or in the interests of another and has the legal (power) (authority) to do so.
If you find that the defendant, (name), was acting as (a) (an) (insert appropriate
description, e.g., “attorney,” “partner,” “joint venturer,” “agent,” etc.) of the plaintiff,
(name), with respect to (insert appropriate description of subject matter, e.g., “sale of plaintiff’s
house”), then you are instructed that the defendant was acting as a fiduciary of the
plaintiff, (name), with respect to (insert appropriate description of subject matter).
History
CJI-Civ. (2026), Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. Dated 2026-02-25 by the committee page's "Revised 2/25/26".
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- civ-2026-02-25
- Content hash
918ca884003d44ff6369ecbe459763f8d19fe46051ea945c74a817271d6ef0a9
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