Part of settling your divorce is dividing marital property. Whether you do this or the court handles the matter, you will need to ensure a fair division. To do this, you may need to find the value of certain assets. Most often this occurs concerning your home. Valuing...
Could being wealthy ruin your marriage?
Money seems to be a major factor in the ending of many marriages. Usually, it is fighting over money due to not having any, but wealthy people may also suffer from money issues that lead to a divorce. According to CNBC, there are several reasons having money could...
Statistics on fathers and child custody
Whether you are a father or you worry about an unfavorable custody outcome as a mother, it is important to go over various information related to child custody. In fact, more men have become custodial parents in recent years, which proves that it is certainly possible...
The danger of waiting to file a QDRO after your divorce
Getting a divorce when your spouse has a retirement account and you don't can be a frightening undertaking. Even though you may recognize that Colorado law gives you the right to make a claim for some of the retirement account's value, it is normal to worry about not...
Can cooperating with a co-parent help your child?
When going through the early stages of divorce, it is easy to lose track of the important things. For example, you might forget to take your child's emotions into consideration when deciding how to break news of the future split. Of course, no parent wants to...
Is it too early to tell your child about divorce?
Going through a divorce is one of the most stressful situations you will likely experience in your domestic life. This is even more true if you are a parent of a young child who might not necessarily understand what is happening. As you work through this situation,...
How do you identify red flags of parental alienation?
In the aftermath of a divorce, particularly spiteful or ambitious parents may take this as an opportunity to get an edge over you. They could use this as a chance to try alienating you from your child. This is parental alienation and it is a real threat. It could do...
How can you deal with a difficult co-parent?
When dealing with your ex-spouse, you may worry about how this strenuous relationship will start to affect your children and your custody arrangement. Staying respectful and keeping an open line of communication are just two of the ways you can improve how you...
How is Colorado’s approach to custody different from other states?
Every state's family law system has to handle disagreements between former spouses about custody issues during a divorce. That means that there are 50 unique approaches to addressing those problems. Colorado has been one of the states leading the way into a more...
Dividing up retirement assets in a divorce
Previous posts on this blog touched upon the fact that certain retirement assets may be subject to property division during divorce proceedings. More specifically, family courts in Colorado view any contributions made to a retirement account during a marriage (given...
