Divorce is a difficult time and process for even the most amicable dissolutions. On the list of traumatic events in a lifetime, it is in the top 5 on almost every list ever created. So, if mediation can help minimize the stress of divorce, humor can only help more. Here are few that, as all…
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Parenting afterdivorce is difficult to transition into. While there is no way to completely sheild the kids from divorce, a few suggestions can make the change easier to deal with and minimize the stress for you and your children in your new world. 1. Avoid Long Legal Battles. Mediation is the best alternative to lawyering…
Thedivorce process is extremely stressful and emotional even in the easist cases. The anger between the parties is normal, but can become extremely destructive and cause significant permanent damage to both parties. If you are on the receiving end, it will drive you nuts. A couple of tips from professionals can make the jourrney through…
A non-parent may have standing to argue for parental responsibilities when the child is not in the physical care of either parent. C.R.S. 14-10-123(1)(b) & See In Interest of K.M.B.80 P.3d 914, 917 (Colo.App.2003). If your divorce case involves one these all too common situations, you should consider mediation to help resolve the layers of…
Divorcing parents know how difficult it is to keep up with ever changing schedules, information updates, and the never ending change of plans of your children. Co-Families, a software company in Colorado Springs has launch a FREE software that allows parents on-line information exchange and calender coordination without any large learning curve. The software allows…
Too much attention is paid during a divorce to trying to figure out the perfect parenting plan often resulting the parents forgetting what is important to their children. Instead, if parents focus on some basic rules, they will find that they can raise happy and successful children after their divorce. Here are some basic rules…
In making the initial determination of parental responsibilities under a divorce case or a parental responsibility case, the court is without authority to order a parent to live in any particular location. Rather, the court must accept the place where each parent chooses or intends to live, and then make an allocation of parental responsibilities based…
Additional extraordinary expenses may be added pro-rata to a parent’s child support obligation in a Colorado Divorce. In this age of extensive cutbacks by school districts, a situation could arise where a minor child is attending a school by agreement of the parties, or one that meets the child’s special needs, and which requires special…
The income of a third party in determining child support is not relevant to determining the gross income of the parties for purposes of apply the child support guidelines in a divorce or post decree modification situation. A professional divorce mediator can assist you in evaluating the relevant factors in your particular situation. It is…
Expense reimbursements paid by employers may be considered income for child support or spousal support calculations in a divorce proceeding. The standard to be evaluated is whether the reimbursed expenses are SIGNIFICANT and REDUCE personal living expenses. Examples include monies paid to compensate for cost of living in a foreign country because such monies serve…