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Divorcing couple battles over frozen embryos. This is a legal headline family law attorneys have seen repeatedly throughout the years, and with the expansion of IVF technology, courts are trying to lay out coherent rules to follow for disposition of frozen embryos in a divorce. Three years ago we wrote…

Colorado is one of a shrinking minority of states which recognizes common law marriages. But going into the marriage is easier than dissolving it – there is no such thing as a common law divorce in Colorado. People may figure that they entered into a common law marriage without going…

Family law attorneys in Colorado don’t often have cases where there is an issue as to whether a marriage was irretrievably broken. We’ve blogged about the irretrievable breakdown element before, and in my career, I’ve seen probably a dozen times where one spouse tries to dispute the marriage was broken….

Earlier this year, we wrote a blog post on the issue of “Covenant Marriages“, which are an attempt in some states to let spouses agree at the time of marriage to “opt out” of the no-fault divorce system and require a spouse to have grounds for a divorce. Colorado is…

So much for joint title killing a separate property claim! The Colorado Court of Appeals has issued a new, and somewhat surprising decision, that separate property funds which a spouse jointly-titled still remained her separate property at divorce. In an unpublished case, Boyd, the Wife’s ex-husband from her first marriage…

Basic Asset Division in a Colorado Divorce In contrast to Community Property states where marital property must be divided equally, Colorado is a “marital property” state, and our statute requires that marital assets and debts be divided “equitably” (i.e. fairly), not necessarily equally. Most of the time, however, equal means…

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Tweet About Divorce Are Kanye West & Kim Kardashian really getting a divorce? No one really knows what this celebrity couple intends, apparently including themselves. But this week’s Twitter action cannot be described as a positive one in Kim Kardashian’s marriage to rap star and…

United Kingdom Debating No-Fault Divorce Better late than never? This is one of those “I can’t believe they don’t already have it” situations. A no-fault divorce bill is set for debate in the House of Commons this month that could radically change the way couples get divorced according to BBC….

Colorado’s Divorce Cooling Off Period Cooling off periods are common in divorce cases. Colorado law provides for a 91-day delay (not officially called a “cooling off period”, but that’s what family law attorneys typically say) in divorce and legal separation cases, even though we are a no-fault state under (1)(a)(III)….

George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has energized the Black Lives Matter movement, and energized the world, not just the United States, with mass protests. But this post is focused on the family law consequences of Floyd’s killing. Chauvin is now charged with murder…