Divorce after 50 is an emotionally terrifying event, even in the most uncontested cases. However, with people living longer, the number of Colorado couples divorcing after 50 has risen every year for the last decade, will continue for the foreseeable future. A Denver Divorce Mediator can assist you through the process to minimize the emotional…
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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)…
The best method for wading through support obligations is with the assistance of a professional divorce mediator. Although they cannot give you individual legal or financial planning advice, they can assist you both in become familiar with the ins and outs of child support, spousal support and other debts payment obligations that may be an…
In the Colorado case of Marriage fo Drexler and Bruce, the Colorado Court of Appeals held that a nonpaying spouses retirment accounts were not exempt from a collection to pay support arreages. In the case, the husband had failed to pay his support for a period of time after he was orderd in a divorce…
Often parties after a divorce ask if some other type of payment can be considered spousal support. To be considered spousal support, the payment MUST meet the following requirements: 1) All payments must be made in cash, check, or money order. If the payor is paying the payee’s rent or mortgage payment directly, it may…
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…
As a divorced spouse, you my be entitled to receive Social Security benefits based upon your ex’s earning hsitory if you meet a number of criteria. This is true, even if your spouse remarries (However, you may not remarry): Your marriage lasted 10 years or longer; You are unmarried; Your are 62 or older; The…
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…
Temporary Maintenance/Spousal Support in a divorce case is for the period of time between the filing of the case and the court approving the final permanent orders. C.R.S. 14-10-114(2)(b)(I)(A) creates a presumption of temporary spousal support in cases where the parties COMBINED INCOMEs are less than $75,000 a year. In this situation, the amount of…