CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 30:22
Defense — Mental Incapacity
The defendant, (name), is not legally responsible to the plaintiff, (name), on the
plaintiff’s claim of breach of contract if the affirmative defense of lack of mental capacity is
proved. This defense is proved if you find at the time the defendant entered into the
(claimed) contract, (insert applicable pronoun) was suffering from an insane delusion that
made (him) (her) unable to understand the terms or effect of the contract or to act
rationally in the transaction.
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
8a6bca84b21dec84d09f97059fd627f9bc6fd78d6af67c15e527f67a705ba91c
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