Denver Divorce Talk

When a party files a dissolution of marriage action, often times they will reach an agreement concerning the allocation of the parties’ property, including their assets and debts. This is known as a Separation Agreement and it may also contain a provision concerning spousal maintenance. This is referred to as “contractual” spousal maintenance.
Imagine that the [...]

“Marital fault” (also referred to as “marital misconduct”) is a phrase frequently used when one spouse places the blame for a marriage not succeeding on the actions of the other spouse. Colorado courts are not permitted to consider marital fault upon distribution of assets or debts during a dissolution of marriage action. [...]

Remember the good old days when we all sent our letters by what is commonly known today as “snail mail?”  It was great.  You could get into a heated argument with someone, write them the nastiest letter in the world, sleep on it, wake up in the morning, and then decide, “Maybe its best if [...]

“Protection order means any order that prohibits the restrained person from contacting, harassing, injuring, intimidating, molesting, threatening, or touching any protected person, or from entering or remaining on premises, or from coming within a specified distance of a protected person or premises or any other provision to protect the protected person from imminent danger to [...]

Making the decision to move out of the marital home is a very difficult decision to make in the beginning of the dissolution process. It is a decision that should be discussed with an attorney because it could affect several issues of your case, including maintenance, child support, parenting time, and most importantly [...]