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What Is an Initial Status Conference?
What Is an Initial Status Conference?You’ve filed your divorce paperwork and served the other party. In response, you received a Notice of Initial Status Conference from the Court. You probably have...
Holiday Self Care Tips
Holiday Self-Care TipsWhether it’s your first holiday after a divorce or your fifth, the holiday season can be difficult.Make Sure You Have a Holiday PlanHopefully your Parenting Plan spells out the...
Children’s Post-Divorce School Residence
When clients are preparing a Parenting Plan without help from an attorney, a common mistake is overlooking the children’s school residence. The Colorado Judicial Branch Parenting Plan form contains...
Things Your Divorce Attorney Wants You To Know – Collaborative Divorce
For many people, the divorce process is their first interaction with the legal system. When you add to that the emotionality and stress of a divorce, the process can feel overwhelming. Despite our...
Dependency and Neglect
The term “dependency and neglect” includes any type of case that involves the Department of Human Services. This can mean minor allegations of child abuse or neglect, or court proceedings where...
Communication Tools for Co-Parents
Frequently, I get complaints from clients about the way their soon-to-be ex communicates with them. Unfortunately, poor communication tactics, such as name-calling, multiple messages within a short...
Things Your Attorney Wants You to Know – D&N
Juvenile Court is a Problem-Solving CourtThe goal of a dependency and neglect case is to give parents the skills and help they need to provide safe and loving care to their children. The Department...
Gray Divorce
Although the divorce rate in general is decreasing, divorces among individuals who are 50 years or older has been increasing for a number of years. The financial aspects of gray divorces tend to be...
7 Tips for Improving Your Communications During Divorce and Beyond
George Bernard Shaw once said “The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech” when referring to someone who was dominating a conversation. By...
A Dependency and Neglect Case For My Child Has Been Filed. What Does That Mean?
Allegations of child abuse or neglect are terrifying. It is important to keep children safe from abusive individuals. However, I have also seen child abuse allegations come from disgruntled family...
A Caseworker Just Called Me. What Do I Do?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. A call or visit from a Department of Human Services caseworker. We’ve all heard the horror stories on the news of children were who removed from their parents....
What Are “Mandatory Financial Disclosures”?
Because of the special relationship between spouses, Colorado law requires “full and honest disclosure” of all material facts that effect both spouses and their children. Part of this requirement...
How Do I Change Child Support?
In Colorado, child support must be paid until your youngest child reaches the age of 19. Because income can increase or decrease over time, you may need to change the amount of child support several...
Coronavirus FAQs
Coronavirus FAQsAs the global community deals with the outbreak of COVID-19, many businesses are limiting operations, shutting down, or requiring employees to work from home. In response to the...
What Is Discovery, And Do I Need It?
Colorado requires that certain financial disclosures be made automatically in a divorce case. However, there is often additional information that is needed to prepare for your final divorce hearing....
How To Get A Mortgage Before, During, And After A Divorce
TODAY'S BLOG POST IS WRITTEN BY GUEST AUTHOR TIM SMITH. TIM IS A MORTGAGE LENDER WITH MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHO SPECIALIZES IN HELPING INDIVIDUALS QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE DURING OR...
My Co-Parent And I Can’t Agree On Where Our Child Will Go To School. What Do I Do?
A common dispute after a divorce is where a child is going to attend school. This can happen when the child is a toddler or infant at the time of the divorce, especially when the parties did not...
What Is Collaborative Divorce?
Collaborative divorce is an approach used to resolve a divorce outside of court. It focuses on understanding the reasons behind each person’s position, and determining what is best for the family as...
What Do I Do If My Child Is In Danger?
Unfortunately, sometimes circumstances arise that cause concern for children’s wellbeing. A Motion to Modify can take several months to resolve, which does not provide comfort if there is ongoing...
How To Prepare For Mediation
Unless there are safety concerns (i.e., domestic violence), parties to family law proceedings in Colorado are required to attend mediation before a final hearing. Mediation uses a third-party...