Obscure ‘Birthday Rule’ Costs Colorado Couple $5,000 More For Normal Hospital Birth
KCNC
By Kati Weis
WESTMINSTER, Colorado (KCNC) A little-known Colorado insurance law is making a big difference for a Westminster couple, and they’re hoping their story will alert other expecting parents. Jessica Rapp and Jake Irwin say they are having to pay $5,000 more for the birth of their son, Jack, simply because of when their birthdays fall in the calendar year.
Rapp says Jack was born last August without any complications, and the hospital stay for the birth was only two nights. But three months later, she learned those two nights would cost her family $5,000 more, due to a law called the “birthday rule.”
A former Larimer County Realtor turned himself in at the Weld County Jail on Tuesday after being charged with stealing more than $850,000 from at least 15 victims in a Windsor condominium deal.
Bret Lamperes, 51, of Berthoud, under the name Investments of Windsor LLC, sold 29 condominiums in the Grasslands Park project in 2015, but only eight of the 29 condos were built, according to the Weld County District Attorney s Office.
He is charged with theft, money laundering, two counts of filing a false tax return and tax evasion. Investigators believe he stole $852,510 from 15 victims who invested money in the project.
Lamperes permanently lost his real estate license in August after an investigation by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Real Estate. He was censured by the Colorado Real Estate Commission and fined $57,500.