Many times the cases that we see in family court involve one, or both parents, being charged with crimes. The most common type of crime that impacts family law cases, are domestic violence or domestic violence and abuse charges. It’s always important to provide those police reports, if you have them, to your lawyer. If […]
Domestic Violence and Police Reports
/0 Comments/in Domestic Violence /by Gordon ShayneMany times the cases that we see in family court involve one, or both parents, being charged with crimes. The most common type of crime that impacts family law cases, are domestic violence or domestic violence and abuse charges. It’s always important to provide those police reports, if you have them, to your lawyer. If […]
Father’s Rights vs Mother’s Rights in Colorado
/0 Comments/in Child Custody /by Gordon ShayneThis topic concerns whether Colorado is a Mother’s Rights state or a Father’s Rights state in custody actions. I’m gonna talk to you a little bit about the law when it concerns whether or not Colorado favors mothers over fathers or fathers over mothers. In fact, in Colorado, the law is gender neutral. That means […]
What Is a Civil Union?
/0 Comments/in Family Law /by Gordon ShayneIn Colorado civil unions have the same procedure as the civil divorce statutes. That means that same sex couples who have children or who do not have children are going to be treated the same way as heterosexual couples going through a divorce. They’re going to be given the same rights and the same responsibilities […]
Where Do I File My Family Law Case?
/0 Comments/in Family Law /by Gordon ShayneI want to talk to you a little bit about where you should file your case if you’re going through a divorce, whether it is a civil union divorce or not, or a custody action. In a child custody action, the child must be in Colorado and in the county in which the child can […]
Grand Parent Rights
/0 Comments/in Family Law /by Gordon ShayneWhat happens when a grandchild of a grandparent is in a situation where a biological parent has passed away? Does that grandparent have rights to custody or visitation? There is a statute in Colorado that deals with grandparent visitation that’s different than the grandparents’ rights to file for custody rights. Visitation is where the grandparent […]
The Need for Life Insurance in Custody and Child Support Cases
/0 Comments/in Spousal Maintenance / Alimony /by Gordon ShayneOftentimes parents will ask, “Well why do I have to maintain life insurance if I’m going through a divorce and we have children? Why do I need life insurance?” There are two ways I have seen that a court will enter orders for a parent or parents to keep life insurance in effect. One is […]
When Does Child Support End?
/0 Comments/in Family Law /by Gordon ShayneToday we’re going to a little bit about child support and when child support end, and how to get a court order that says that I don’t owe child support any longer. A feature of Colorado’s child support law is that child support must be paid until a child turns 19 years of age or […]
Recent Changes to Spousal Maintenance
/0 Comments/in Spousal Maintenance / Alimony /by Gordon ShayneThis topic involves the changes to the spousal maintenance statute in Colorado. Colorado has a very unique statute that deals with spousal maintenance. It’s found in Colorado revised statute 14-10 114. And this statute was passed on January 01, 2014 to provide the court with advisory guidelines that take into consideration a number of factors […]
Filing an Emergency Motion
/0 Comments/in Child Custody /by Gordon ShayneI want to talk to you a little bit about emergency motions and what happens when a parent files an emergency motion. Primarily, these emergency motions are about custody and visitation. So I want to give you a couple examples as to what the law says. The most common type of emergency motion is one […]
The Role of a Judge in Colorado Family Court
/0 Comments/in Family Law /by Gordon ShayneIn Colorado, most people will encounter some sort of hearing at some point during their family law case. I want to discuss the role of judges in family court, there judges considered to be district court judges and other judges are magistrate judges who work under the district court judge. Both types of judges are […]