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You Have a Specific Parenting Time Order, Now What? Judges are reluctant to enter orders they know they lack the ability to enforce. And nowhere in family law is this more complicated than trying to issue specific parenting time orders over a teenager, who may well have his own ideas…

Does Family Law Equate Confederate Flags with Nazis? Being a Nazi will hurt your child custody case, but how about having Confederate memorabilia? This is a highly charged issue I am not wanting to tread into, but since there is a real family law case garnering national attention, it is…

This week, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a child custody case arising from El Paso County, finding that changing the primary residential parent is not a legal remedy for a parenting plan violation unless the court also finds endangerment. And the trial court cannot pay lip…

We’ve all seen it – you testify in court as to your ex-husband’s abusive conduct, but it’s a he-said, she-said, with no corroborating evidence. If only you were recording conversations… It’s legal to record your own conversations in Colorado, but that does not necessarily mean you should, nor that the…

Sadly, domestic violence and child abuse are facts of life for some families. And as we discuss in our Domestic Violence article in the Colorado Family Law Guide, as well as in a prior blog about the impact of violence on child custody, violence and abuse have very real impacts…

You want to know how to really hurt your parenting case? Be a bad co-parent – if you marginalize the other parent, make unilateral decisions, withhold information or communicate abusively to him, the judge will hold this bad co-parenting against you, even if you’re otherwise a good parent. As a…

ICWA & Adopting in Colorado One of the nicest parts of being a family law attorney is making a positive difference in our clients’ lives. People who work at saving mutli-national corporations 0.3% on their tax bill may never have to deal with a client who is emotional to the…

Victims of Domestic Abuse Domestic abuse is a serious matter.both in terms of child endangerment, and on the parent/victim. If you have been the victim of domestic violence, your first call should be to the police. Domestic violence is first and foremost a crime, and should be handled by the…

Modification of Custody If In Child’s Best Interests With parenting, nothing is written in stone. In Colorado, a court can order child custody modifications (changes in parenting time or decision-making) when it is in the child’s best interests (although a change in primary residential parent requires a higher standard than…

“Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse” A now-retired Father’s Rights attorney in Colorado Springs used to have this quote from American journalist Arthur Baer in his advertising. Most attorneys thought it was mildly amusing, while perpetuating negative stereotypes. And ironically, while he advertised as a Colorado dad’s…