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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…

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…

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…

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 In an unpublished case, Boyd, the Wife’s ex-husband from her first marriage…

Even though justice is blind, image is still important. Wear proper court
attire & act respectfully to avoid hurting your Colorado family law case.

It is unusual for the Colorado Court of Appeals to issue two different decisions in the same case, in the same year, on completely different issues. But that’s what happened to the Coplins. This new case concerns how to handle an account value increase, while back in March 2020, the…

In a case of first impression in Colorado, the Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether a trial court can order a parent to designate the other parent as representative payee of his Social Security benefits (specifically, SSDI), as part of a court order. Colorado law on treatment of…

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…

Obi-Wan Kenobi Loses Star Wars in Divorce! OK, that was a sensationalist title for a unique story, and only accurate in the metaphoric sense. I don’t think this ever made official Star Wars canon, but Obi-Wan Kenobi was married for 22 years. Or at least the actor who starred as…