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Welcome to the Colorado Law section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Colorado laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Colorado's official online statutes. Please select a topic from the list below to get started.

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  • Boulder Laws

    For outdoors enthusiasts, it’s hard to beat Boulder. Nestled into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder boasts world class rock climbing and thousands of square miles of open spaces to explore. Add to this the bicycling-friendly roadways thro...

  • Colorado
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    Few topics can create as heated a debate as a discussion on abortion . People on both sides, whether pro-choice or pro-life, often feel adamant that state and federal reproductive laws should follow their moral or religious views. Abortion is legal i...

  • Colorado

    Accidents are unfortunately a fact of life, and often lead to expensive medical bills, property damage, and time away from work. In order to make accident victims whole again, Colorado has a number of laws on the books protecting the rights of injure...

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    In Colorado, both children and adults can be adopted . Children are adopted through different sources and for different reasons. For example, stepparents or other family members often adopt children within their families, private agencies connect you...

  • Colorado Adverse Possession Laws
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    Adverse possession is a long-standing legal concept that allows a person to make use of and eventually possess the abandoned or unused land of another person.

  • Colorado Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
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    Today, annulments are rare, but are still a legal option distinct from divorce . If an annulment is granted, it's like the marriage never happened, it's nullified. In divorce, the marriage not only happened, but because it happened, marital property ...

  • Colorado Antitrust Laws
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    Colorado's antitrust laws were enacted in order to foster competition and prevent any one business from gaining a monopoly in an industry.

  • Colorado

    Issues of business law play a role in every stage of the life of a business. If you're thinking of starting a business, adding new employees to your team, or are winding down a business, it's in your best interests to read up on Colorado's business l...

  • Colorado Capital Punishment Laws
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    Capital punishment, also known as "the death penalty," remains a legal sentence under Colorado laws for certain crimes. Colorado has executed a total of 101 people in its history (all of them male and for the offense of murder). However, since the Su...

  • Colorado Child Abuse Laws
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    Child abuse laws prohibit the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of children. In its efforts to protect children from abuse, Colorado's child abuse statutes require certain third parties and professionals with access to children (such as physicians...

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