3 Ways to Modify a Shared Parenting Schedule & Child Custody Agreement in Colorado
There are a variety of reasons you and your co-parent may want to amend your child custody agreement. Whether it’s due to a life change, a new academic routine, or simply due to your child growing up and wanting something different, the state of Colorado has a few options to help you amend your existing […]
February 13, 2015
How can I change maintenance (alimony) in Colorado?
Maintenance, just to be clear, is really alimony. We just don’t call it that here in Colorado, we call it maintenance. It is money that is given from one former spouse to the other spouse because that spouse has a need for support for some period of time. We do have a formula for maintenance […]
February 6, 2015
Can I claim custody of my grandchildren if my divorced child dies?
Do grandparents have legal parenting rights? There is such a thing in Colorado as grandparent’s rights. It only comes up in certain situations. In most cases the answer is ‘No.’ In most cases when you’ve got two people that are divorced. The grandparent is going to get to see the child when that former spouse […]
February 1, 2015
What to consider before your child custody hearing
There are so many factors that determine child custody, but there has been some guidance given from the courts on this issue. There is actually a statute that talks about what the court does look at when determining custody and I have the list of that here and am going to go over a few […]
January 25, 2015
Secrets of the child support formula in Colorado
Child support is a formula here in Colorado, so what you’re really asking is what are the items you put into that formula. You put in a number of different items. The first item that you put in is how many overnights the child has with each party. This comes up a lot in cases […]
January 15, 2015
3 Reasons you May Want to Modify Your Child Custody Agreement
You can modify an existing child custody agreement, depending on the circumstances. There are a few reasons why someone would modify a custody agreement. One reason would be just a change in age of the children. When children get older, given their age and maturity level they can spend more time with the parent than […]
January 8, 2015
How to prepare yourself for a successful divorce?
Divorce can really be boiled down to two basic issues. There’s money and how to deal with the money in your relationship, and there’s parenting if you have children. That’s it. Those are really the only two elements that you’re ever going to deal with in a legal situation in a divorce. The question you […]
January 1, 2015
Do I need a lawyer to file for divorce?
In Colorado, you absolutely can file a divorce yourself. you can go to the Colorado Supreme Court website and go to the forms section. In the forms section go to family law forms, and under family law forms you will file a petition for dissolution of marriage. All the other forms that would be necessary […]
December 25, 2014
How to Protect Yourself And Your Finances During a Divorce
I’ve been asked to talk about the three ways to protect yourself during a divorce. I’ve thought about this a lot because what do you really mean protect yourself? I chose to talk about it in terms of actual protection. When I work with clients, there’s two safety plans that I design with people if […]
December 19, 2014
What Usually Happens in Divorce Court?
First of all, divorce court happens if you’re not going to agree on everything, right? If you’re going to agree and have a settlement agreement and a parenting plan drawn up then divorce court’s almost irrelevant If there is something that you are contentious about, you’re fighting over it, and you have to go to […]
December 5, 2014
