CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 34:9
Presumption of Revocation of Lost Will or Unavailable Will
To have a lost or unavailable Will admitted to probate as the testator’s Will, you
must find that the following have been proved by a preponderance of the evidence:
1. The testator executed the Will;
2. The terms of that Will have been established; and
3. The testator did not revoke the Will.
(If you find that the Will was last seen in the control or possession of the testator
and the Will cannot be found following the testator’s death then the law presumes that the
testator destroyed the Will with the intent to revoke it.)
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
5ee2bbe804c3f924b73d16aae2cee345831b14f10420037d43867b2a4faa0212
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