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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 15-14-805: Agreement requirements - signature - witnesses or notary public.

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  1. Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. Article 14 - Persons Under Disability - Protection
  3. Part 8 - SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING AGREEMENTS FOR ADULTS WITH A DISABILITY

(1) A supported decision-making agreement may be in any form but is valid only if it contains, at a minimum, the following:

(a) The name of the adult with a disability;

(b) The name, address, phone number, and email address of the member of the supportive community, if applicable;

(c) A list of decisions the adult with a disability requests the member of the supportive community to advise the adult with a disability on;

(d) A description of the member of the supportive community's agreement terms, including, at a minimum, the agreement term to:

(I) Provide information as requested by the adult with a disability;

(II) Respect that the final and ultimate decision is the adult with the disability's and not the member of the supportive community's;

(III) Not coerce or manipulate the adult with the disability into making any decision; and

(IV) Provide the most up-to-date and relevant information to the adult with the disability based on all the available and known information the member of the supportive community has.

(e) A notice that any mandatory reporter, as described in section 18-6.5-108, who is relying on the supported decision-making agreement and has cause to believe that the adult with a disability is being mistreated, as defined in section 18-6.5-102 (10.5), by the member of the supportive community, shall report the alleged mistreatment to adult protective services; and

(f) The day, month, and year the agreement was entered into.

(2) A supported decision-making agreement must be signed voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence, by the adult with a disability and each member of the supportive community in the presence of two or more attesting and disinterested witnesses who are eighteen years of age or older, or a notary public.

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