Colorado Code § 15-14-420

Reports - appointment of monitor - monitoring - records - court access to records
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(1) A conservator shall report to the court about the administration of the estate
annually unless the court otherwise directs. Upon filing a petition or motion and after notice, a
conservator shall be entitled to a hearing to settle all matters covered in an intermediate or final
report. An order, after notice and hearing, allowing an intermediate report of a conservator
adjudicates all of the conservator's, his or her other counsel's, and his or her other agent's
liabilities concerning all matters adequately disclosed in the report. An order, after notice and
hearing, allowing a final report adjudicates all previously unsettled liabilities of the conservator,
his or her counsel, and that of his or her agents relating to the conservatorship, the protected
person, or the protected person's successors.
(2) Unless the court orders otherwise, a report must:
(a) Contain a list of the assets of the estate under the conservator's control and a list of
the receipts, disbursements, and distributions during the period for which the report is made;
(b) Reflect the services provided to the protected person; and
(c) State any recommended changes in the plan for the conservatorship as well as a
recommendation as to the continued need for conservatorship and any recommended changes in
the scope of the conservatorship.
(3) The court may appoint a visitor or other suitable person to review a report or plan,
interview the protected person or conservator, and make any other investigation the court directs.
In connection with a report, the court may order a conservator to submit the assets of the estate
to an appropriate examination to be made in a manner the court directs.
(4) The court shall establish a system for monitoring conservatorships, including the
filing and review of conservators' reports and plans.
(5) A conservator shall keep records of the administration of the estate and make them
available for examination on reasonable request of an interested person within thirty days unless
the court otherwise directs.
(6) (a) Whenever a conservator fails to file a report or fails to respond to an order of the
court to show cause why the conservator should not be held in contempt of court, the clerk of the
court or his or her designee may research the whereabouts and contact information of the
conservator and the protected person. To facilitate this research, the clerk of the court or his or
her designee shall have access to data maintained by other state agencies, including but not
limited to vital statistics information maintained by the department of public health and
environment, wage and employment data maintained by the department of labor and
employment, lists of licensed drivers and income tax data maintained by the department of
revenue and provided pursuant to section 13-71-107, C.R.S., and voter registration information
obtained annually by the state court administrator pursuant to section 13-71-107, C.R.S. The
court may access the data only to obtain contact information for the conservator or the ward.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the judicial department and the other state
agencies listed in this paragraph (a) may enter into agreements for the sharing of this data. The
judicial department and the courts shall not access data maintained pursuant to the "Address
Confidentiality Program Act", part 21 of article 30 of title 24, C.R.S.
(b) The court shall preserve the confidentiality of the data obtained from the other state
agencies and use the data only for the purposes set forth in this subsection (6). Notwithstanding
the provisions of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., documents and information obtained by the court
pursuant to this subsection (6) are not public records and shall be open to public inspection only
upon an order of the court based on a finding of good cause, except to the extent they would
otherwise be open to inspection from the providing state agency.
(c) For purposes of this subsection (6), "contact information" means name, residential
address, business address, date of birth, date of death, phone number, e-mail address, or other
identifying information as directed by the court.

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