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Tax and divorce – probably most people’s two least favorite words, and putting them together makes for an especially lethal combination. However, at least knowing the basics about tax and divorce is a necessary evil, so we have a new article in the Colorado Family Law Guide entitled Tax and…

Dividing a pension and divorce – often a retirement is one of the most valuable assets at divorce, and under Colorado’s marital property laws, a pension is subject to division at divorce. But what happens if there is a miscalculation in the pension at divorce? Normally, retirement account misstatements would…

The federal government has required all states to enact the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or UIFSA, which is a law designed to sort out what was previously a jurisdictional mess between the states over who could impose, modify, or enforce child support or alimony obligations. Personal Jurisdiction – Basis…

Should Parent Seek Emergency Child Custody Order? One dilemma a parent faces when the other parent may be endangering the children is the best way to proceed legally. In Colorado, a motion for emergency child custody is known as a motion to restrict parenting. And a motion to restrict requires…

“Child support payments for disabled child” is not a headline we see much, as fortunately it is not an issue most parents need to contend with. Normally in Colorado, support ends at the later of (1) the child’s 19th birthday, or (2) the end of the month following the child’s…

Impute Income to Voluntarily Unemployed Spouse In most maintenance or child support cases, both spouses are working, or one has a legitimate reason to not be working, so the incomes for purposes of calculating family support are readily ascertainable. But in cases of “voluntary unemployment”, that is not necessarily the…

Colorado’s alimony statute has an expansive view of income – pretty much everything a person receives, including gifts, counts as income unless they are excluded under a provision of that statute – salary, commissions, bonuses, you name it: “‘Gross income’ means income from any source and includes, but is not…

We wrote last year on a Colorado Court of Appeals Thomas decision which held that courts should make a major decision, including school choice, when parents with joint decision-making are unable to agree. A recent unpublished decision from the appellate court holds that the choice can even include private school,…

In a recent unpublished decision, the Colorado Court of Appeals held that the trial court can consider as financial resources one spouse negotiated a sweetheart deal for discounted attorney fees in deciding whether to order that spouse, in turn, to pay attorney fees to the other party. While in most…

Security for Payment Ensures Compliance President Reagan once said about the Soviet missile program “trust by verify.” And in a wide variety of transactions you may see performance bonds, payment bonds, performance liens, security interests, etc. They ensure all are different measures to ensure security for payment. In Colorado family…