There are a lot of reasons to get married. In our culture, most people get married because they fall in love. Other factors that motivate people to get married are religious traditions, societal expectations and for some, financial security. But one advantage of marriage that many overlook is that if the relationship ever goes sour, the divorce process provides a legal framework to deal with the messiness of breaking up, and provides protection in the form of spousal support.
Divorce court voids prenuptial agreement
Colorado courts will give effect to a valid prenuptial agreement. It is uncommon for a court to declare a prenuptial agreement unenforceable. Yet it happened in a recent New York divorce case, in which the attorney for the wife persuaded the court that the husband fraudulently induced her to sign it.
Booting cars is latest tactic in child support enforcement
In Boulder County, as in many other jurisdictions, collecting past due child support payments is often a frustrating task. Now a county in Michigan is trying a new tactic: instead of locking parents up in the county jail for failure to pay child support, sheriff's deputies will go to the parent's home and lock up their car.
Lane and Brolin are latest high-profile couple to divorce
Colorado movie fans may know Diane Lane from her Oscar-nominated performance in 2002's "Unfaithful." Lane was in the news again recently when it was announced she had filed for divorce from actor Josh Brolin, to whom she was married for eight and a half years. Brolin also has an Oscar nomination, for his role in the 2008 film "Milk."
Bill in Colorado legislature would decriminalize adultery
It's no secret that adultery is the cause of many divorces in Colorado. But once a couple makes the decision to get a divorce, allegations of adultery have no bearing on custody or property determinations. Colorado is a "no-fault" divorce state, meaning that a divorcing spouse does not need to allege any wrongdoing by the other spouse in order to secure a divorce.
