U.S. News Best Law Firms 4 years in a row! U.S. News & World Report has named Graham.Law one of the Best Law Firms in America for family law Colorado Springs for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. And there’s sort of a 5th year, because back in 2019 we also received an…
The Colorado Court of Appeals recently issued a decision of first impression in Colorado – whether straight-line depreciation could be deducted from a party’s rental income for purposes of child support or spousal maintenance. After all, a property owner does not actually write a check for depreciation from the rental…
It’s been hard to avoid the news about ChatGPT from OpenAI these past several weeks – AI (or artificial intelligence) has taken the world by storm, and in many contexts (particularly school or college), the quality of its output is apparently better than that of many students. And this is…
Co-Parenting with any parent on the other side can be challenging, even when both parents are completely “normal” but just disagree. But when one parent has emotional issues or personality disorders, the challenges are far greater, especially when the other is a narcissist parent who is self-centered and lacks empathy….
A Colorado stepparent adoption is one of the most common of adoptions. Because the legal system recognizes that the child’s best interests are often best served by a step-parent who has been filling the role of parent officially becoming the child’s legal parent, there is even a simplified legal process…
With more than 20 years of litigating in Colorado courts either the validity of premarital agreements and marital agreements (aka “prenuptial agreements” and “postnuptial agreements”), or, more commonly, litigating how to interpret ambiguous prenup clauses, the Graham.Law attorneys have seen it all. We’ve seen a few excellent prenups – and…
Why Not a Do It Yourself Prenup? At Graham.Law we are big fans of people handling their own family law matters when possible, and even created a whole Do It Yourself Divorce Guide section of our Colorado Family Law Guide to help pro se litigants represent themselves. But when it…
The Colorado Court of Appeals just considered an issue of first impression, whether unrealized gains or dividends income in an investment account count as income for purposes of calculating child support and maintenance. And the answer to that was “no”, as mere “paper gains” are not included in a party’s…
Maybe not. Seriously – a prenup is not for everyone, so before spending money, consider whether you really need a Colorado prenuptial agreement. They cost money to prepare (including possibly having a pay the other party’s legal fees when your fiancé cannot afford a lawyer), and the message a pre…
Every so often a court decision can still somewhat surprise me, and a recent unpublished decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals did just that by holding that a spouse who worked a 30 hour/week part-time job was not voluntarily underemployed for purposes of calculating child support or maintenance. In…
“I was impressed by Graham Law in general but most impressed with Brian Boney. Brian is an excellent family law attorney. Attentive, detail-oriented, and hard-working, Brian surpassed my expectations for representation. He was easy to work with and gave excellent advice on how to navigate a complicated process. Highly recommended.”
Robert Weeks
05/26/2019
“Where do I begin? Well AFTER have a consultation with another attorney (who made me feel as though I was undeserving of his expertise) I was extremely apprehensive when coming to Graham Law. This was immediately squashed when Carl shook my hand. Carl is the most professional , just basically awesome person that I have met in quite a long time . He broke my situation down in a way that I could easily understand it . TOP NOTCH PEOPLE!! I would recommend Graham Law to ANYONE!”