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Published April 7, 2001 at midnight
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In an old vault in the Denver City and County Building, thousands of files are stored, stuffed with documents detailing the lives of some of Colorado's most fragile citizens.
The probate files contain pleadings, bills, financial records, court orders, letters, medical evaluations and much more.
Reporters Lou Kilzer and Sue Lindsay sifted through these records and others from courthouses around the metro area, assembling this series of articles.
Except where otherwise indicated, all information in these stories
about individual probate cases is based on court records.
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