Although marketability discounts have been disallowed in other areas of the law, family law is unique and the legislature has recognized this by creating unique rules to be applied to divorce situations. Contact Divorce Help Center today to discuss your situation. In fact, C.R.S. 14-10-113(1) authorizes a judge to consider any and all relevant factors…
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Travel expenses in certain situations may be divided or awarded. Contact Divorce Help Center mediators to discuss your case. However, those expenses must be the cost of transporting the CHILD, not the costs of transporting the parent. C.R.S. 14-10-115(11)(a)(II) specifically allows for division of the costs of transporting the children OR the costs of transporting…
Child support obligations are determined by applying the statutory guidelines in C.R.S. 14-10-115(7) to the parents combined adjusted gross income. “Gross Income” includes income from any source. However their income may be adjusted by deducting preexising child support obligations and alimony or maintenance actually paid by the parent. Deductions are not allowed for things such as…
In Colorado, the Court of Appeals recently ruled that accrued vacation time and sick time are not marital assets. While enforceable contractual rights do constitute marital property, interests that are merely speculative are only expectations. Contact Divorce Help Center to evaluate your particular situation. For example, employee stock options are only consider marital property if the rights…
Marital property does not include property that a party possessed prior to the marriage. However, if premarital property is placed into a joint tenancy account or asset during the marriage, it reflects an intent by the donor spouse to make a gift to the marriage. Contact Divorce Help Center to evaluate your particular situation. Such…
The effects of divorce on children has been studied extensively over the last few decades. Researchers now view conflict, rather than the divorce or the specifics of the parenting plan, as the most important factor in determining a childs post-divorce adjustment. Contact a mediator at Mediation Partners to help you evaluate your particular situation. Overall, children’s…
Mediation Partners is please to offer Paperwork Only Service for a reduced fee to those parties who believe they have all their issues resolved and are looking for professional and quick service to assist them in preparing all the necessary paperwork to open and finalize their divorce. If you and your partner have reached an…
The child support guidelines must be followed unless there is a valid and legal reason for deviation from the presumtive child support calculation. Contact a Colorado Divorce Mediator to discuss the particular facts of your case. Although there are many valid reasons to deviate from the child support guidelines, reduction for puposes of qualifying one…
When allocating tax dependancy exemptions, the rights to claim the exemptions should be divided based upon theri respective gross incomes, which is consistent with the intent of the Federal Law. Contact a Denver Divorce Mediator to discuss your case further. The foundation underlying this division takes into account the contributions to the costs of raising…
Valuation of separate property of the parties is often a difficult and complicated situation. Contact a Colorado Divorce Mediator to discuss the specifics of your case. Separate property consists of assests each party owned prior to the marriage, inherited during the marriage, or were given as a separate gift. However, the increase in value of such…