In a case regarding the parents’ claims for custody of their children, the presiding family court judge eloquently expressed the court’s outlook as to why parents should do all that they can to resolve their issues before asking the court to decide the future of their family. Reprinted with permission, the wordes of the Honorable…
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7 Reasons to Consider Mediation: Save Money – When working with Scott Baroway, you get a professional Colorado family law mediator who has over 27 years of legal and judicial experience, and who is a Certified Divorce Financial Planner (CDFA), who is available to talk with you both, respond to your emails, and prepare all…
Before you hire a mediator for your divorce in Colorado, you should consider the following: 1) Gather investments and bank statements for at least the last year. 2) Copy tax returns for income and investment history. 3) Pull your credit report to review your debt history and status. 4) Open an individual bank account. 5)…
7 Reasons to Consider Mediation: Save Money – When working with Scott Baroway, you get a professional family law mediator who has over 25 years of legal experience, who is available to talk with you both, respond to your emails, and prepare all your documents usually for less than most individual lawyers charge for their…
Understanding the basics of various insurance policies is important when going through the divorce process. As you have probably had joint policies on everything with your spouse, after the divorce, new insurance will almost certainly be required. So here is some information about the basic types of policies you should understand. Auto: This insurance covers…
Often after a divorce, the parties verbally agree to modifications in the parenting time arrangement without ever reducing it to a court order. What happens when a parent then seeks to enforce the previous child support order despite the modification? In this post-dissolution of marriage proceeding between a father and mother, this issue was addressed.…
JUDGES DON’T Love Your children! At our annual Family Law Bar Associatio meeting a while back, I spoke with a good friend who also happens to be one of the local district court judges. The judges is a parent and has raised very successful chilrend. We were dicussion mediation the great benefits it has over…
Why Divorce Mediation Fails. Despite all the advantages of mediation, my experience has shown there are three main reasons why the mediation process fails in a divorce case. If you aware of them and can avoid these pitfalls ahead of time, your mediation stands an extremely high chance of being successful. Secret keeping – Something…
Blended families are a natural melting pot and direct product of divorce. Stepchildren, half siblings, and step siblings are all part of divorce, and it furthers the “melting pot” that has so often described America. The grafting together of separate families after divorce exposes the players to new experiences, personalities, and situations that would never…
After divorce, it is important for a father’s to stay involved with their children. Continued involvement with the children creates secure attachment. Secure attachment is a bond between parent and child characterized by parenting that is warm, sensitive, dependable, and flexibly responsive. The child who is securely attached knows that the parent is available when…