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Digitally Sign Legal Documents with the Click of a Button Click on a button to digitally sign your documents! Graham.Law is proud to announce that we have implemented digital signatures (aka “E-signatures”) for all of our clients. You can now digitally sign all court forms we send you from the…

Suspend License to Enforce Child Support State Child Support Agencies have a lot of arrows in their quivers to enforce child support arrears – contempt of court proceedings, as well as a variety of civil measures such as garnishing wages, seizing tax returns or bank accounts, suspending professional licenses, triggering a passport…

Coronavirus Reopening Process in Question The Covid-19 pandemic has hit close to home now. Today the judiciary released a statement none of us wanted to see – an employee at the El Paso County Courthouse has tested positive for Coronavirus. Given the resurgence of cases nationwide, and in Colorado, with…

It’s News When NY Has Covid-19 Divorce Moratorium Funny how when New York or California does something, it becomes national news. We previously wrote about how, thanks to Covid-19, New York was allowing applicants to obtain marriage licenses by video conference. It was touted as earthshaking by the media, despite…

Covid-19 Pandemic Impact On Divorce Cases The Covid-19 pandemic is disrupting lives throughout the world, and the legal system is no exception. And, in particular, family law proceedings are being affected by this scourge. New York has hS a pandemic-related moratorium on divorces since March 22 (Addendum – New York…

Coronavirus & CARES Act Stimulus Payments As you may have heard, the world is dealing with a bit of a health crisis lately. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in people all over the world being ordered to stay at home, businesses ordered shut; heck, in some places you cannot even…

As the nation gradually reopens, even while the Coronavirus pandemic still rages, Colorado is no exception. Last Sunday, Governor Polis signed an executive order relaxing the state’s stay-at-home order. (For full coverage of the Covid-19 stay-at-home order and up-to-date analysis of judicial orders & openings, see our blog post Colorado Family Law Services…

Marriage License Requires Personal Appearance “There is now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage. You can do it by Zoom. Yes or no.” With these words, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he would issue an executive order waiving the requirement for would-be spouses to appear personally…

PERA DROs – Simple & Frustrating A silver lining thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic? Preparing DROs (domestic relations orders) to divide Colorado state pensions has long been an exercise in frustration. The forms are deceptively simple – they are fill-in-the-blank, so seemingly have very little room for error. But the…

Court-Enforced Social Distancing? We may see mandated social distancing in a divorce sooner rather than later, and not the way you might expect. An 81 year old New York woman recently filed a motion asking the Court to ban her estranged (and soon-to-be-ex) husband from returning to their home after a…