Denver Divorce Talk

There are plenty of misconceptions when it comes to which parent will receive child support, and exactly how much that amount will be. Fathers often ask if mothers are awarded child support more often than fathers. The truth is Colorado Courts are fairly gender-neutral when it comes to determining matters of child support. [...]

Under C.R.S 19-1-117, a grandparent can petition a Colorado court for reasonable grandparent parenting time visitations in the following situations:                                     

1.The grandchild’s parents have obtained a dissolution, annulment, or legal separation.
2.The grandchild’s parents have filed an allocation of parental responsibilities or modification  of parenting time.
3.       3. The child has been placed into the legal custody of [...]

Clients faced with parenting time issues often ask where the court’s loyalty lies when it comes to who gets custody - does the court favor mom or dad? Today, the term “”custody” has been replaced with “parenting time”, and it’s not just the terms that are changing with the times. Although fathers [...]

Parties in a divorce or allocation of parental rights and responsibilities action generally file a Parenting Plan or the Court issues an Order regarding parenting rights and responsibilities.  Even with a carefully laid out plan, it is nearly impossible for the parties or the judge to make predictions about the future.  There are a multitude [...]

All too often one or both parties in a divorce action have criminal backgrounds or have open criminal cases.  These criminal cases can often play a significant role in divorce proceedings.  They can impact the allocation of marital property and more importantly, impact the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities.
The influence criminal cases have on [...]

One of the most common misconceptions about child support and parenting time is that, if either is denied to a parent, this gives the other parent leeway to deny the other.  For example, Mom does not pay Dad child support, so Dad withholds parenting time.  The inverse of this, Dad denies parenting time, so Mom does [...]

Upon a military service member’s return home from a long deployment necessitated by war, he or she is undoubtedly eager to reunite with family and friends. Unfortunately, if a service member happens to be the parent of a minor child, he or she may arrive home and be confronted with yet another battle.
Should a military [...]

Negotiating and agreeing to a parenting plan can be an arduous task for everyone involved.  Once all of the parties involved have agreed on a schedule and plan that works, and that plan has been accepted by the court, it can be unpleasant to rock the boat if one party [...]

Several jurisdictions recognize parental alienation by another parent as an actual, and diagnosable issue.  In those jurisdictions, it is weighed heavily because the Court recognizes the susceptibility of children to the influences of a parent.�
While Courts look at the relationship between the parties when making determinations about parenting time exchanges, as well as in [...]

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 [...]