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Parents in Colorado and elsewhere are always looking out for the best interests of their child. While this is more easily achieved when parents are together, acting as a unit to care for their child or children during a divorce can also help the divorce process. This...

Alimony. For some Coloradoans, the word has intense emotional reactions, whether negative or positive. For others, they have no idea what the word alimony even means. Alimony is another term for spousal support, or the payments one ex-spouse makes to another per their...

Social media has become a fact of life. Some Coloradoans use social media sites for emotional reasons, like venting their problems and seeking advice. However, social media users run the risk of over-sharing information during the divorce or child custody process....

Boulder County residents have no doubt heard the often cited statistic that about half of all marriages end in divorce. This means that many people will have an encounter with the Colorado court system in the form of a divorce proceeding. How exactly will this play...

Whenever a court is called upon to devise or approve a child support plan, it takes the best interests of the child into account. In Colorado, courts use the child support guidelines -- written into state law -- to assist with making this determination. Each child...

Divorce can be full of issues, any one of which can erupt into an unpleasant conflict between the parties. Child support, child custody, spousal maintenance and others can all be thorny issues for Longmont residents. Not least of these issues is property division. In...

Under Colorado law, courts are to make an equitable division of the marital assets of a divorcing couple. One way this might be done is through spousal maintenance payments from one ex-spouse to the other. Spousal maintenance is also known as alimony and can be a...

In any divorce or separation proceeding where children are involved, the issue of child custody very often becomes one of the biggest points of contention between the parties. Sometimes the two sides can agree on a parenting plan, but other times the assistance of a...

A wealthy couple parting ways in Colorado can often mirror the numerous marriage dissolution issues that accompany a high-profile couple in the public eye. Any divorce is liable to be contentious with a variety of factors that go into how long it takes to settle. A...

One of the leading ways resources are provided to single parents and divorced parents in Colorado is the child support program. Noncustodial parents are expected to meet any child support obligation they may have. Custodial parents, on the other hand, have usually...