Does Something Specific Need to Happen Before I can get a Divorce?
If you’re asking that question, you don’t know yet that this is a no-fault divorce state, so grounds don’t exist here. Pretty much, if you want to get a divorce in the State of Colorado, you can get a divorce in the State of Colorado. Your spouse doesn’t have to agree to it, they don’t […]
November 15, 2014
What does the divorce process in Denver, Colorado look like? Part 3
Step three would start with a temporary orders hearing if you need one, and hopefully you don’t. A temporary orders hearing is only needed if you can agree on who’s going to pay the bills and how you’re going to see the children in the interim between when you file for divorce and when your divorce […]
November 6, 2014
What does the divorce process in Denver, Colorado look like? Part 2
The second stage of most divorce cases starts with the financials first, where you have all your financial disclosures that need to be done on both sides. It’s a lot of work and for some people it’s the most difficult part of the case, because they hate dealing with finances. So it’s just something that […]
October 30, 2014
What does the divorce process in Denver, Colorado look like? Part 1
The divorce process here in Colorado definitely has steps and stages to it. The first stage is making the choice that you do want a divorce and filing a petition for dissolution of marriage. You can file that petition yourself, your spouse can file it, or you can file it jointly, either/or. It doesn’t have […]
October 23, 2014
What are divorce court hearings in Denver like?
What should I expect 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 and you’re fighting […]
October 16, 2014
What Should I Know Before Starting A Divorce?
There’s a lot of things to do before filing for a divorce, depending on your situation. There may be nothing that you have to do, but let me tell you about a couple of situations where you really do need to do some pre-planning before a divorce. Number one is safety concerns. I’ve worked with a […]
October 9, 2014
What Should I Expect When Going To Court For My Child Custody Case?
First off, you should expect that the judge is going to expect that you’re going to be prepared to present your case. You need to think about logistics. In other words, if you are arguing that you should have the children most of the time, the judge is going to want to know whether or […]
October 1, 2014
Does Child Support Have Restrictions on How it Needs to be Used?
What should child support be used to pay for? Here’s the thing about child support. Once child support gets into the hands of the person that it’s supposed to get into the hands of, which is by the way, is the former spouse not the child, all right, that former spouse has complete leeway to […]
September 18, 2014
How Do You Determine and Collect Back Child Support in Colorado?
I get calls from people all the time about wanting to collect back child support and they’re worried because they think they’ve waited too long to begin collecting it. The fact of the matter is, that once there is a child support order, and that’s really something underlined. You have to have a child support […]
September 11, 2014
When is Divorce Mediation a Good Idea and What Should You Expect From It?
When does mediation make sense and how should you use it? So mediation is a process. A mediator can be an attorney; it can also be someone who is not an attorney. There are therapists that do mediation, there are accountants types, financial types that do mediation. So the first thing is making sure you […]
August 28, 2014
