How can women prepare financially for divorce?

How can women prepare financially for divorce?

If you are a woman in Colorado considering or going through a divorce, there are many things that you must contemplate, including whether you can stay in your home or must relocate. When there are children involved, custody and support agreements need to be negotiated. And whether you have a successful career or are a stay-at-home mother, you no doubt have some concerns about your fiscal situation. You may be asking yourself, what can a divorcing woman to do ensure…

Steps to protect yourself from liability as a business owner

Running a business is a great way to maintain control over your schedule and pursue your passion that can also allow you to support yourself and your family. Unfortunately, with all of the positive aspects of business ownership come risks that the general public never has to consider. For example, when someone comes to visit your business, you could incur liability if they end up slipping and falling in the parking lot or as they enter the building. If you…

No one is a good driver when they are drunk

Have you ever heard someone claim that they’re a good drunk driver? Maybe you went out to the bar and someone asked them if they were safe to drive when they picked up their keys to go home. You had seen how much they had to drink and could not believe they thought it was a good idea. Maybe you went to a party and all of you were talking about a similar party the weekend before. The “good” drunk…

Why should you buy an existing business?

When you decide that it’s time to run your own business, you have two options. The one most people think of first is simply starting your own business. You can build it from the ground up, crafting it into whatever you would like it to be. This can be an exciting — if daunting — task. The problem with starting your own company is that it takes a lot of investment — in both time and money — to make…

Strategic pursuit of family partnerships may reduce conflict

Business relationships can have a complicated dynamic at times depending on the personalities of the people that own and manage the company, differences in opinion and even differences in religious beliefs or educational backgrounds. For people in Colorado who are in a business endeavor with another family member, that interesting dynamic can be significantly more fragile as the pressure to keep family and business affairs separate becomes crucial.  Experts suggest many interesting reasons why the dynamic of a family partnership has…