Section 15-11-101 - Intestate estate(1) Any part of a decedent's estate not effectively disposed of by will or otherwise passes by intestate succession to the decedent's heirs as prescribed in this code, except as modified by the decedent's will.(2) A decedent by will may expressly exclude or limit the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. If that individual or a member of that class survives the decedent, the share of the decedent's intestate estate to which that individual or class would have succeeded passes as if that individual or each member of that class had disclaimed the intestate share.Amended by 2022 Ch. 60,§1, eff. 8/10/2022.L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 976, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.This section is similar to former §15-11-101 as it existed prior to 1995.
2022 Ch. 60, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).