Colorado’s divorce law requires spouses to divide their marital assets in a way that is “fair and equitable,” if not exactly 50/50. One of the most common and most valuable marital assets is the family home. Deciding whether one spouse should keep the home or it should be sold, with any profit from the sale…

We’d all like to believe that a walk down the aisle ends in happily-ever-after, but sometimes life takes spouses on different paths. If you’ve determined that divorce is the right choice, you’ve probably already begun preparing yourself for the inevitable split, but what else can you do to ready yourself emotionally? No divorce is ever…

A divorce is an emotional and financial upheaval for spouses and their children, requiring the transformation of one household into two. Reaching fair divorce settlement terms allows spouses to obtain an uncontested divorce without requiring a judge to resolve disputes. Sometimes, negotiations between spouses with their attorneys are not enough. In these cases, spouses may…

Sometimes the division of assets during a Colorado divorce is a straightforward matter; for instance, when spouses rent a home and have few assets, or own a single property and agree to sell their home and divide the proceeds. But how does the Colorado Court divide luxury assets?Under Colorado’s Uniform Marriage Act, R&RE, p. 1016,…

A divorce is an unsettling upheaval, dividing a family’s dynamics into two parenting-time schedules and one or both spouses moving into new homes. In addition, Colorado’s divorce law requires the division of what is often years or decades of combined assets. So, how do you protect your family wealth or heirlooms during a Colorado divorce?Under…