The decision to end a once-loving relationship can be devastating, and most divorcing partners want to make the process as easy as possible. Most divorces end in a settlement, as statistics show fewer than 10% actually go to trial. It is not advisable to take your soon-to-be-ex to court as a way to get back at them, even if they were unfaithful or dishonest. Still, litigation may make sense, in some cases, when your spouse refuses to cooperate over custody…
Divorce is not just a young person’s decision. In fact, while divorce rates overall have gone down in the United States over the last 20 years, they have been on the rise for older couples. Those over the age of 50 are more likely than ever before to face divorce, possibly after decades of marriage. If you are getting close to retirement age and also acutely aware of being unhappy in your marriage, gray divorce could be in your future….
If you and your spouse have decided that a divorce is right for you, then you may have already sat down with your children to try to explain what’s going to happen next. It’s unrealistic to think that your children won’t have opinions or be upset by the revelation that their world will be changing, but there are some things you can do to help calm the waters if that conversation did not go as you planned. Here are three…
Navigating the process of getting divorced can understandably be challenging for both adults involved. However, divorce can also take a toll on children, particularly toddlers. Fortunately, divorcing parents in Colorado can take a couple of steps to keep their children as emotionally safe as possible during this life-altering event. First, parents of toddlers should ideally try to keep their children’s routines intact during the divorce process. As a general rule of thumb, toddlers do well with routines involving school schedules,…
When an individual in Colorado is ready to end his or her marriage, one of the most defining moments of the process is breaking the news to the other party. Figuring out how to go about this can no doubt be confusing and even overwhelming. However, a few tips may help to make this stage of the divorce process easier. First, it may behoove individuals who are contemplating divorce to choose private places to share their feelings with their soon-to-be exes. This…
