Year: 2020

Alcoholism is a serious medical condition that can affect the life of an individual, their family, and their entire community. Despite options for treatment and available support groups, not all Colorado residents who are afflicted with alcoholism are able to overcome their situations. When alcohol controls a person’s life, it can be hard for them…

Divorce can be an expensive, messy process. Legal separation may seem like a better solution to many in a difficult marriage. Legal separation can allow one spouse to reduce their financial and legal risks associated with their spouse’s activities or to qualify for benefits or aid without considering their estranged spouse’s income or assets. People…

Even though Colorado has standard child support guidelines which are supposed to make child support orders predictable and fair, they do not always make figuring child support easy. For example, many Colorado residents will have some special situation that makes calculating their income more difficult than just referring to a recent paycheck. For child support…

After a divorce or separation, the time that a parent is able to spend with their child is especially precious. When two parents share their child in a joint custody arrangement, it can be hard to say good-bye and hand over a beloved son or daughter at the end of one’s allotted custody time. For…

When you get divorced in Colorado, you will have to split up your assets, debts and parental rights and responsibilities. Some couples can complete the process quickly and easily because they have a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement that outlines how they want to divide parenting time and their property. It’s also possible for couples to…

When a couple in Colorado decides to end their marriage, one topic that may weigh heavy on their mind is how to divide their property. After all, oftentimes marital assets such as the family house, automobiles, investments and more are some of the most valuable pieces of property a couple owns. It is understandable that…

Colorado parents will undoubtedly be concerned about their children and their well-being in the event of a divorce. Decision-making responsibility is a fundamental factor in the case and should be understood from the beginning. The courts will take very seriously the allocation of decision-making responsibility. This is to serve the child’s best interests and to…

The state of Colorado has become one of, if not the single most progressive state in the country when addressing drug addiction treatment and prevention. However, recently passed legislation may have some residents puzzled as to how to handle other matters that will be effected in the trickle down of those decisions. Colorado has long…

Intense emotions are a common reaction to the end of a marriage. People often go through all the stages of grief as they come to terms with the end of their marriage. Anger, denial, deep depression and many other emotions can provoke abnormal or irrational behavior in many people going through a divorce. Letting yourself…

Each year many parents in Colorado face an issue that can cause stress and contention: child support. Whether the parents of the child in question were ever married or not, a split in the relationship will likely lead one of the parents to make a claim for child support from the other parent. A demand…