We offer free consults in this office to potential clients who are looking to hire an attorney. Obviously, we can’t give free advice to everyone, but for people that wish to come in and me with us and get an idea of what is expected and what kind of a case they’re dealing with, whether […]
I want to talk to you a little bit about what you should do when you have child custody orders from another state and let’s say that the parent who has visitation is in here in Colorado and the other parent is not returning the child. What do I do then? You’ll find that the […]
What happens when a parent takes children out of Colorado with the intent not to return them to Colorado? I’m not talking about vacations or plans to see grandma over Christmas vacation, I’m talking about a parent who is sharing custody with the other parent and puts the kids in the back of the car […]
A lot of moms and dads ask us, “Well, when do the children get to decide where they’re going to live and which parent they’re going to spend parenting time with?” A lot of these cases involve children that, at the time of the divorce were maybe eight, nine, or 10 years old, and years […]
A lot of parents come to us, and they tell us that the other parent is not following the Parenting Orders, and they want to know what their options are to protect their rights. In Colorado, one of the features of our law says that both parties shall encourage and foster a loving relationship between […]
It is important to understand that not every case warrants the use of experts and you should fully discuss how experts might be employed in your particular case, with your lawyer. An expert is a person who has particular education, training and qualifications to provide assistance to the parties and court. The Colorado Rules of […]
A very common type of adoption process in Colorado is called a step parent adoption. Step parent adoption occurs when usually one of the parents, after a divorce, or a type of custody case has now remarried. So you can have the primary parents, such as mom who is now remarried, and her new spouse […]
Often times clients want to know what kind of court appearances they are going to have to make in their case. Let me give you a couple of examples. If you’re a client that does not live here in Colorado, but your divorce case was here in Colorado and your ex-wife and the children still live here in Colorado, and […]
In all family law cases, one of the most important jobs that a lawyer does with a client is make an assessment of the evidence. The stronger the evidence in one party’s favor, the more likely that the outcome is going to go the way that the client wants. Evidence can be in different forms. […]
I want to discuss with you motions to modify parenting time, and one of the biggest issues in motions to modify parenting time occur when a parent, who is the primary parent, wishes to relocate with the children to another state. In the law that kind of relocation is called removal, and it takes the […]
