The Colorado courts offer substantial protections to individuals who are at risk of suffering physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. Restraining orders and no-contact orders are two essential tools used to safeguard individuals during and after court processes, such as divorce. child custody, or due to domestic violence or stalking. While these two processes are sometimes confused or used interchangeably, they are distinct court orders with different implementations, enforcement, and penalties for violation. If you feel you may need a court…

Divorce is an emotionally and legally challenging endeavor, but it becomes especially complex when one or both spouses are active or former members of the military with significant military benefits. Determining how to divide assets and debts in a Colorado divorce is often the most contentious aspect of the case. Under Colorado’s divorce law, spouses must divide their assets in a way that is fair and equitable. However, military divorces  in Denver are subject to different guidelines and requirements under…

In Colorado, spouses who choose to go their separate ways have two paths. They can file for divorce or choose a legal separation as a temporary solution while deciding the future of their marriage. A legal separation in Colorado provides the same rights and protections as a divorce, with legal terms for child custody, child support under the state’s guidelines, the division of assets, and spousal maintenance (alimony) when appropriate. During a legal separation in Denver, the spouses live apart…

Facing divorce is an emotionally distressing and legally complex prospect. It can also quickly become contentious when one or both spouses become defensive over assets to which they feel they are entitled or wish to prevent a spouse from keeping during the separation of assets required by Colorado divorce law. While this is a common reaction to divorce, if the urge to protect assets leads to hiding assets in a Colorado divorce, there can be adverse consequences, including the other…

Unfortunately, not everyone’s walk down the aisle ends with happily ever after—at least not together. Instead, sometimes life takes spouses down different paths, and they move forward toward separate happy endings. But before divorcing spouses in Colorado can move on, they must first end their marriage by following all of Colorado’s legal requirements. A Colorado divorce requires a fair and equitable division of marital assets and debts, a child custody plan, child support under the state’s formula, and, in some…