With its benefits, such as cost-effectiveness and confidentiality, mediation has become a popular alternative method to settle divorce issues. However, this process does not work for all cases. For instance, divorce mediation may not be effective or advisable in...
After settling everything – paperwork completed, child arrangements secured and properties equitably divided – it is finally time to move on from the divorce. Yet, some people struggle to do so. The irony with ending a marriage is wanting it to happen but finding it...
A spouse’s addiction is one of the many reasons for filing for divorce. When your spouse can no longer control their behavior due to their addiction, which results in physical and mental harm to you and the rest of the family, letting go is sometimes the best option....
When couples get divorced, there can be some discussion about whether assets are separate assets or marital assets. Separate assets are not subject to property division. But marital assets are both owned by both people and so both spouses retain an interest in them....
Divorce is a legal procedure that entails numerous steps. Regardless of the complexity of a couple’s circumstances, an initial status conference (ISC) is a required process 40 days after a filed petition. An ISC is a brief meeting that provides both parties with an...
Domestic violence is divorce’s darkest side. As though the abusive emotional, psychological and sexual behavioral patterns are not distressing enough, studies show that the physical impact can lead to fatal consequences. Severe domestic or “intimate partner violence”...
Over the course of your marriage, your spouse may have isolated you from friends and family and made countless false promises that kept you from leaving. Still, you’ve come to realize that you deserve a life free from any form of abuse. It’s just that the idea of...
Social media has become a platform where people express themselves and their thoughts openly. While freedom of expression is a civil right, it can be especially influential in civil matters. Your former spouse can use everything you post or share on social media as...
Colorado couples who are moving forward with a divorce and have been fortunate enough to accumulate substantial assets will inevitably worry about property division. In some cases, the sides can negotiate and come to an amicable resolution. In others, it is more...
Even though divorce is stressful for adults, it is often infinitely harder for children. The divorce of parents will often be the first and most significant trauma that young people experience before adulthood. Divorce can destabilize a child's sense of identity and...
