Divorce mediation, with a trial lawyer as the neutral.
Both of you. One neutral. A complete, court-ready agreement in four to six sessions. I have spent thirty years trying divorce cases, so I know what a judge would do with yours; as your mediator I use that knowledge for both of you at once and for neither of you against the other. The rules are simple and they are strict: you contact my office together, you both disclose everything, I never represent either of you, and each of you has your own lawyer review the agreement before the final signing. The first session is $500, paid when it is booked; the mediation itself is one flat fee, quoted at that session.
- 01How it works, start to finish
- 02The rules I work under
- 03What we resolve, in order
- 04What you leave with
- 05Fees
- 06Who it is for
- 07Mediation or a lawyer of your own, side by side
- 08Why a trial lawyer as your mediator
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Two people, one room, one agreement. The courtroom stays where it belongs: in the background, as the measure of what is fair.
Most divorcing couples do not need two litigators. They need someone who knows how these cases end, who can hear both of them, and who can turn what they agree on into a document a judge will sign. That is mediation done properly, and it is a different job from the one I do on the other pages of this site. When I represent a spouse, I build the case for one side. When I mediate, I take no side: I am neutral, and my job is helping the two of you reach an agreement you both accept. The two roles never touch: from the moment a couple approaches me as their mediator, I am conflicted out of representing either of them, in this divorce or against each other afterward, whether or not the mediation succeeds. That is the professional rule, and it is also what makes the process work, because nothing I say in the room is positioning for a hearing I might later try.
What I bring to the room is the courtroom. Seventy-plus bench trials, a Georgetown LL.M. in Taxation, and two decades of owning and running businesses. A mediator who has never tried a case can only guess what the alternative to settlement looks like. I can tell both of you, in plain terms and at the same time, what a Colorado judge is likely to do with your parenting plan, your house, your company and your maintenance question, and what each proposal is worth after tax. Couples settle when both of them believe the number in front of them is close to what a courtroom would produce and costs a fraction of getting there. My job is to make that belief accurate.
Flat, paid when it is booked. Every concern heard, the process explained, one fee quoted for the whole mediation. No obligation to go on.
Joint sessions over one to two months, in person in Greenwood Village or by video. Children first, then the money.
From the moment you approach me together, I cannot represent either of you in this matter, whether or not we settle.
Mediation communications cannot be disclosed or compelled, and cannot be used in court. The signed agreement is the only thing that leaves the room.
That is how most mediations start.
One of you finds this page first. That is fine, as long as the first contact with my office comes from both of you. Until it does, please do not call or write to me about the case on your own: if one spouse contacts me alone, I can be that spouse’s lawyer or nobody’s, and I can no longer be your mediator.
If what you want is a lawyer on your side, that is a different service, and you can contact me alone for it: Mediation & Litigation, as your lawyer →
The message below is written so that it reads as an invitation, not a position. Change it however you like.
Three ground rules make it safe to try. First, I am not either spouse’s lawyer: as the mediator I am neutral, I do not take sides, and my only job is helping the two of you reach an agreement you both accept. Second, each of you has your own lawyer read the agreement before you sign it. Third, either of you can stop at any point, and if you do, I can never represent the other one.
One joint request, or one call with both of you on the line. My office runs the conflicts check and contacts both of you at the same time to set the first session: $500, in person or by video.
How it works, start to finish.
Nine steps, in the order they happen. Most couples are through them in one to two months.
Nine steps, one to two months.
- Step 1You contact my office together.
One form with both names, both emails and both phone numbers; or one call with both of you on the line.
- Step 2Conflicts check, then the rule attaches.
If the check clears, I can never represent either of you in this matter. Whether or not we settle.
- Step 3First session: $500 flat, paid at booking.
In person in Greenwood Village or by video. Both of you attend. Every concern heard; the process and the law explained.
- Step 4One flat fee for the whole mediation, quoted in the room.
No hourly meter. You decide together whether to go on; if not, the $500 is the only fee.
- Step 5Agreement to mediate; full disclosure of every asset.
Both of you commit in writing. Sworn financial statements and documents exchanged before we negotiate.
- Step 6Joint sessions: four to six, over one to two months.
Children first, then the money. Individual meetings only at my discretion, and both of you know when they happen.
- Step 7I draft the complete marital settlement agreement.
Separation agreement, parenting plan and child support worksheet, complete and ready to file.
- Step 8Each of you has your own lawyer review it.
Required, not optional. Independent counsel reads it with one client’s interests in mind.
- Step 9The signing session, the filing, the decree.
You both sign; you file together; the court usually enters the decree on the papers, without a hearing.
What both of you commit to.
- Both of you make the first contact, together
- Both of you attend every session
- Full disclosure of every asset, debt and income
- No side conversations: I speak with one of you alone only in an individual meeting I call
- Your own lawyer reviews the agreement before the signing session
- Confidential by statute; the signed agreement is all that leaves the room
- Any allegation of domestic violence or abuse
- One of you contacts me alone about the case
- One of you will not disclose, or has moved or hidden assets
- Either of you has already consulted me about this divorce
The same nine steps, in detail
- Step 1You contact my office together.
One joint request (the form below) or one call with both of you on the line. Not one of you first. My office answers both of you, together, and never discusses the case with one of you alone.
- Step 2Conflicts, and the rule that follows.
My office runs a conflicts check on both names. If either of you has consulted me about this divorce, I cannot mediate. If the check clears, the reverse rule attaches for good: I will not represent either of you in this matter, ever, whether or not the mediation succeeds.
- Step 3The first session: $500, both of you, paid at booking.
In person in Greenwood Village or by video, about ninety minutes. I hear every concern from both of you, explain how the process works and what the law does with each issue, and screen for anything that makes mediation inappropriate.
- Step 4One flat fee for the whole mediation, quoted in the room.
Having heard both of you, I quote a single flat fee that covers every session, the calculations, the drafting and the signing. No hourly meter. You decide together whether to proceed; if you do not, the $500 is the only fee.
- Step 5The agreement to mediate, and full disclosure.
Both of you sign the agreement to mediate: my neutrality, no legal advice to either of you, confidentiality under Colorado's mediation statute, the fee, and your commitment to disclose every asset, debt and source of income. Sworn financial statements and the supporting documents are exchanged before the substantive sessions.
- Step 6Joint sessions, four to six of them.
Children first: the parenting plan, decision-making, the schedule in overnights, holidays, exchanges, the child support worksheet. Then the money: the house, the retirement accounts, the business, debts, maintenance, taxes, fees. Homework between sessions: an appraisal, a statement, a proposal.
- Step 7Individual meetings, at my discretion only.
Where it will move the case, I may meet with each of you separately, with both of you knowing it is happening. Apart from that, I do not communicate with one spouse unless the other is present. No side calls, no private emails about the case.
- Step 8The complete agreement, then your own lawyer.
I prepare the complete, legally binding marital settlement agreement: in Colorado, a separation agreement covering every asset, debt and support term, the parenting plan and the child support worksheet, drafted to be filed and enforced. Each of you must have independent counsel review it before the signing session. That review is required, not optional.
- Step 9The signing session, and the decree.
We meet once more; you both sign. You file as co-petitioners with the agreement attached, or in the case already pending. The court reviews the financial terms for fairness and the children's terms for their best interests and, in most cases, enters the decree on the papers, no earlier than ninety-one days after the case began.
The rules I work under, and why each one is there.
Some are the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and the mediation statute. Some are mine. All of them are non-negotiable.
| The rule | What it means for you | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| You approach me together. | The first contact about the divorce comes from both of you, in one request or one call. If one spouse contacts me alone about the case, I can be that spouse’s lawyer or nobody’s; I can no longer be the mediator. | Neutrality. A mediator who has heard one side first is not neutral, and both of you have to believe that I am. |
| I never represent either of you. | From the moment you approach me as a mediator, I am disqualified from representing either spouse in this matter, in the divorce or in a later dispute between you, whether or not we reach an agreement. | Colo. RPC 1.12 (a lawyer who served as a third-party neutral); Colo. RPC 2.4; and my own rule, which is stricter than the rules require. |
| I am not your lawyer, and I say so. | I explain the law to both of you, at the same time, in the same words. I do not advise either of you what to accept. When you need advice, that is what your own lawyer is for, and each of you will have one before you sign. | Colo. RPC 2.4(b): a lawyer serving as a neutral must tell unrepresented parties that the lawyer is not representing them. |
| Everything in the room is confidential. | Mediation communications cannot be disclosed or compelled; I cannot be made to testify about them; a communication disclosed in violation is inadmissible. The exceptions are a threat of harm, intent to commit a felony, a statutory reporting duty and a claim against the mediator. The signed agreement is not confidential. | C.R.S. § 13-22-307 |
| Full disclosure, or we stop. | Both of you commit in writing to disclose every asset, debt and source of income, and exchange sworn financial statements and the documents the court would require before we negotiate. An omission discovered during mediation ends it. | A settlement built on a material omission can be reopened for five years after the decree (C.R.S. § 14-10-122; C.R.C.P. 16.2(e)(10)). There is no advantage in hiding anything, and every reason not to. |
| No individual contact, except as I direct. | At my discretion I may meet with each of you separately, and both of you will know it is happening. Otherwise I do not talk with, email or text one of you about the case without the other present. | Neutrality again. The side conversation is where mediations die. |
| Not where there is violence or abuse. | Where there are allegations of domestic violence or abuse, I do not mediate, and my office screens for it at intake. | The process needs two people who can negotiate freely. Colorado law bars a court from requiring mediation over the objection of a party who reports abuse (C.R.S. § 13-22-311), and a private mediator should hold the same line. |
| Your own lawyer reviews the agreement before you sign. | Each of you has independent counsel review the complete agreement before the signing session. I will not hold the signing without it. | Colo. RPC 2.4; and it is what makes the agreement yours, and what makes it hold. |
The mediated agreement, once signed by both of you and approved by the court, is enforceable as an order of the court (C.R.S. § 13-22-308). The court reviews the financial terms for unconscionability and the children’s terms for their best interests (C.R.S. § 14-10-112); an agreement drafted by someone who has watched judges do that review for thirty years is drafted to pass it.
What we resolve, in order.
The sequence is deliberate. The children come first because the money is easier once both parents know the children are settled.
| Session focus | What is decided | What I bring to it |
|---|---|---|
| The parenting plan | Decision-making (jointly, by subject, or to one parent); the schedule in overnights, school year, summer and holidays; exchanges; communication through a co-parenting application; travel; the right of first refusal; how the plan changes as the children grow. | The court’s form and the best-interests factors, drafted so the plan is enforceable on a Tuesday in February. The schedules compared, with the trade-offs of each. |
| Child support | Both incomes established, the overnights counted, the worksheet run under the 2026 guidelines, extraordinary expenses allocated, health insurance and the tax credits assigned. | The worksheet, live, on the screen, under every set of inputs either of you proposes. For an owner or an executive, the income rebuilt from the records rather than the return. |
| The house | Who keeps it or whether it is sold; the buyout priced after tax; the refinance deadline; the deed and the note. | Value, equity and after-tax proceeds are three different numbers. The Real Estate page explains why; in the room I do the arithmetic. |
| Retirement, investments, debts | The QDRO or PERA agreement, the premarital shares, the tax character of each account, the debts allocated with the assets they financed. | Pre-tax, Roth and taxable dollars are not equal. Every division is shown to both of you after tax. |
| The business or practice | A value both of you can accept, a buyout that is secured, and an income figure for support that is consistent with the value. | I have owned businesses. A single agreed valuation approach, or one jointly retained appraiser, instead of two experts and a hearing. |
| Maintenance | Whether, how much, for how long, and whether it can be modified; the guideline formula as the starting point, the after-tax effect, and the alternatives (a property trade, a lump sum). | The formula run in front of both of you; the Spousal Maintenance page covers the law. |
| Taxes, fees, loose ends | Filing status for the year, who claims the children, the last joint return, carryforwards, insurance, names, the timing of the sale and the decree. | A Georgetown LL.M. in Taxation, applied to the whole agreement before anyone signs. |
Couples settle when both of them believe the number in front of them is close to what a courtroom would produce. My job is to make that belief accurate.
What you leave with: a complete agreement, ready to file.
Not a term sheet, not a memorandum for someone else to finish.
The documents.
You leave with the separation agreement, the parenting plan and the support worksheet, complete and court-ready; each of you has your own lawyer review them; then the signing session, the filing, and a decree usually entered on the papers.
A complete, legally binding marital settlement agreement. In Colorado that is a separation agreement covering every asset and debt, maintenance, the allocation of taxes and fees and the mechanics of each transfer, drafted so that the decree can identify it in one sentence and the agreement itself stays a suppressed record; the parenting plan on the court’s form; the child support worksheet; and, where they are needed, the transfer documents that follow: the deed, the retirement order, the income assignment.
The independent review.
Each of you takes the complete agreement to your own lawyer before the signing session. That lawyer works for one of you, reads the agreement with one client’s interests in mind, and tells you whether to sign it. Most reviews take an hour or two and produce a handful of clarifications, which I make. I will not hold the signing session until both of you have had that review.
The signing, and the court.
We meet once more and you both sign. If nothing has been filed, you file together as co-petitioners with the agreement attached, which is the most private route through the courthouse; if a case is pending, the agreement is filed in it. The court reviews the financial terms for unconscionability and the children’s terms for their best interests, and in most mediated cases enters the decree on the papers without a hearing, no earlier than ninety-one days after the case began. If the court has questions, they are answered on paper or at a short appearance.
If we do not finish.
Some couples resolve most issues and not all. You keep a signed memorandum on the issues resolved, enforceable as a stipulation once the court approves it; the open issues go to counsel or to the court. Everything said in the sessions stays confidential, and I remain disqualified from representing either of you.
Fees, stated plainly.
Two numbers: one on this page, one quoted to both of you at the first session.
| Amount | What it covers | How it is paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The first session | $500, flat | Ninety minutes or so with both of you: every concern heard, the process and the law explained, the screen for suitability, and the quote for the whole mediation. If you decide not to proceed, that is the only fee. | Paid when the session is booked, by either or both of you, by card. |
| The mediation | One flat fee, quoted at the first session | All sessions, individual meetings at my discretion, the child support worksheets and maintenance calculations, the after-tax analysis, the drafting of the complete agreement and the parenting plan, and the signing session. No hourly meter. | Split as the two of you agree; most couples split it equally. Paid before the sessions begin. |
| Not included | Varies | Each spouse’s independent lawyer for the review before signing; any appraiser or accountant the two of you decide to retain jointly; the court’s filing fees. | Paid by you to those providers directly. |
The flat fee is quoted after I have heard both of you, because it depends on what has to be resolved: a parenting plan and a house is one mediation; a business, a pension and a maintenance dispute is another. Once quoted, it does not change unless the two of you add issues.
Who it is for, and who it is not.
Both of you can say yes to these.
- You both want the divorce resolved, fairly, and would rather decide the terms than have a judge decide them
- You can both sit in a room, or on a screen, and talk
- You will both disclose everything, and you expect the same of the other
- You want the children’s arrangements settled by the two of you, not by an evaluator
- You want the estate priced after tax, by someone who knows what a judge would do with it
- You want it done in months, in private, with one professional instead of two litigation teams
Any one of these ends it.
- There are allegations of domestic violence or abuse
- One of you will not disclose, or has moved or hidden assets
- One of you is using the process to delay, or to learn the other’s case
- One of you cannot make decisions freely, for any reason
- One of you has already consulted me about this divorce
- Either of you wants a lawyer who is on your side in the room; that is a different service, and I can refer you to counsel
Mediation, or a lawyer of your own? Side by side.
The same divorce, two processes. Read down the column that describes the two of you.
| Mediation, with me as the neutral | Litigation, with me as your lawyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides the terms | The two of you, with the law explained to both of you in the same words. | The judge, after a trial, unless the lawyers settle it first. |
| Aaron’s role | Neutral for both of you. I represent neither of you, in this matter, ever. | Your advocate. The other spouse has a lawyer of their own. |
| Who is in the room | Both of you and one mediator. Your own lawyers at the review stage, or in the sessions if the court ordered mediation in a pending case. | Two lawyers, the experts each side retains, and the judge. |
| How long | Typically four to six sessions over one to two months. The decree can enter no earlier than ninety-one days after filing, so the agreement is usually waiting on the calendar. | Set by the court’s calendar and by how much is contested; a contested case commonly runs many months, and often more than a year. |
| What it costs | $500 for the first session, then one flat fee for the whole mediation, quoted at that session. Your own lawyer’s review is separate. | Hourly fees on both sides, plus appraisers, accountants and evaluators where they are needed. The total depends on what is contested and for how long. |
| Privacy | Confidential by statute (C.R.S. § 13-22-307). The signed agreement is filed; the sessions are not. | Hearings are held in a public courtroom, and the case is decided on a record. |
| Disclosure | Voluntary and complete, by written commitment before we negotiate. An omission ends the mediation. | Compelled: the mandatory disclosures under C.R.C.P. 16.2, subpoenas, depositions, forensic accountants. |
| The children | The parenting plan is built by the two parents, issue by issue, in the court’s form. | Often a child and family investigator or a parental responsibilities evaluation, then the judge’s plan. |
| What you leave with | A complete separation agreement, parenting plan and support worksheet, drafted by me, reviewed by each of your own lawyers, entered as the decree, usually without a hearing. | Orders the judge writes after trial, or a settlement the lawyers negotiate, often on the courthouse steps. |
| It fits when | Both of you want it over, fairly; both will disclose everything and sit at the same table; there are no allegations of abuse. | Assets are hidden, there is abuse, one spouse will not engage, or a question the two of you cannot resolve has to be decided. |
| Afterward | I am disqualified from representing either of you in the matter, whether or not we settle. | I can stay your lawyer through enforcement and any later modification. |
Neither is better in the abstract. Mediation is the right process for two people who both want it over, fairly. Litigation is the right process when one of them does not, or when the facts require a court. If you are reading this alone and want a lawyer on your side, start with Mediation & Litigation, as your lawyer or Divorce in Colorado.
Why a trial lawyer as your mediator.
Six reasons, none of them modest. Choose your mediator the way you would choose your surgeon: by what they have done.
Why me, for this.
The case for a trial lawyer in the neutral’s chair.
- I know what the alternative costs, because I try the alternative.
Thirty years of divorce trial work in California and Colorado, seventy-plus bench trials as first chair. Every proposal in mediation is tested against what a judge would actually order, not against what one spouse hopes for.
- I have watched hundreds of judges decide these exact questions.
Thirty years in family courtrooms is a long education in what persuades a judge and what does not. Mediation is the same exercise without the robe: hear both sides, find the result a court would call fair, and explain it so both of you can accept it.
- The after-tax number, on every issue.
A Georgetown LL.M. in Taxation. The house, the retirement accounts, the business and the maintenance term are priced by what each of you keeps, so the agreement is fair in fact and not only on the schedule.
- I read a balance sheet as an owner.
I have built, run and sold companies. When one of you owns a business or a practice, I understand its income and its value the way you do, and I can explain it to the other of you without a war of appraisers.
- Neutral by design, not by promise.
Once you approach me as a mediator I cannot represent either of you, ever, in this matter. Nothing I do in the room is preparation for a case I might later bring. You both know that on day one, and it changes how people talk.
- A finished agreement, not a term sheet.
You leave with a complete, legally binding marital settlement agreement and parenting plan, drafted to be enforced, reviewed by your own lawyers, and ready to file. Most couples are done in four to six sessions over one or two months.
What I tell every couple before the first session.
Six things. They are not legal advice; they are what thirty years of these rooms has taught me.
Six things.
- Come together, or not at all. The request has to come from both of you. If one of you calls me alone about the divorce, I become that spouse’s lawyer or nobody’s, and I can no longer be your mediator.
- Decide that you want an agreement more than you want to win. Mediation resolves the case a judge would otherwise decide. It works for couples who both want it over, fairly, and it does not work for a spouse who is using it to delay or to reconnoiter.
- Disclose everything, the first time. Every account, every debt, every interest. An agreement built on an omission can be reopened for five years, and an omission discovered mid-mediation ends the mediation.
- Bring your questions, not your positions. The first session is for your concerns: the children, the house, the company, the money after. I answer them for both of you at once. Positions come later, if at all.
- Plan on your own lawyer at the end. Each of you will have independent counsel review the agreement before the signing session. That is not a formality; it is what makes the agreement yours and what makes it hold.
- Expect me to be direct. I will tell both of you what a judge would likely do. If one of you is asking for something a court would never order, you will hear that from me, in front of the other. That candor is the point.
Six things people get wrong about mediation.
A mediator just splits the difference.
A mediator who has tried seventy cases anchors the discussion to what a judge would do. The middle of two positions is not the standard; the law is.
We can each hire Aaron if mediation fails.
Neither of you can. Once you approach me as a mediator I am conflicted out of representing either of you in this matter, whether or not we reach an agreement.
Mediation is only for couples who already agree.
It is for couples who both want to agree. The disagreements are what the sessions are for; the parenting plan and the money are worked through issue by issue.
What I say in mediation can be used against me later.
Mediation communications are confidential by statute and inadmissible if disclosed. The signed agreement is the only thing that leaves the room.
We don’t need lawyers if we mediate.
You do not need them in the room. You do need each of your own lawyers to review the agreement before you sign it, and I will not hold the signing session without that.
Mediation takes years.
Most couples finish in four to six sessions over one to two months. The statutory minimum from filing to decree is ninety-one days; a mediated case is ready when the clock runs.
Both of you, one room, one agreement. The courtroom stays where it belongs: in the background, as the measure of what is fair.
The questions couples ask about mediation.
How do we get started?
Together. Fill out the joint request on this page with both of your names, emails and phone numbers, or call 303-507-5529 with both of you on the line. My office runs a conflicts check on both names and then contacts both of you at the same time to set the first session, in person in Greenwood Village or by video. I do not talk with one of you about the divorce before the other; that is what keeps me neutral.
Can you represent one of us if the mediation doesn't work?
No. From the moment a couple approaches me as their mediator I am disqualified from representing either spouse in the matter, and I would not do it if the rules allowed. That is the guarantee that nothing said in the room is being stored for a hearing. If the mediation ends without an agreement, you keep the terms you did reach, everything said stays confidential, and each of you retains other counsel.
What does it cost?
The first session is a flat $500, paid when it is booked, and both of you attend. At that session, after I have heard every concern from both of you, I quote one flat fee for the entire mediation: the sessions, the child support worksheets, the after-tax analysis and the drafting of the complete agreement. How you split the fee is your decision; most couples split it equally. Your own lawyers' review at the end and the court's filing fees are separate.
How long does it take?
Most couples resolve everything in four to six sessions over one to two months. A case with a business to value or a house to appraise takes as long as the appraisal does. Colorado will not enter a decree earlier than ninety-one days after the case is filed and the other spouse is served, so a mediated agreement is usually waiting on the calendar, not the other way around.
Do we have to have filed for divorce first?
No. You can mediate before anything is filed and file together, as co-petitioners, with the agreement attached; that is the most private route. You can also mediate a case that is already pending, including one where each of you has a lawyer and the court has ordered mediation; in that case the lawyers may attend, and I sign the certificate of mediation compliance the court requires.
Is it confidential?
Yes, by statute. Mediation communications cannot be disclosed voluntarily or compelled through discovery, a mediator cannot be made to testify about them, and a communication disclosed in violation cannot be admitted into evidence. The narrow exceptions are a threat of harm, an intent to commit a felony, a statutory reporting duty, and a claim against the mediator. The signed agreement is not confidential; it is the document you file.
What if my spouse is hiding money?
Then mediation is not the right process, and I will say so. Both of you commit at the outset to full disclosure: sworn financial statements and the same documents the court would require, exchanged before the substantive sessions. A settlement built on a material omission can be reopened for five years after the decree, so there is no advantage in hiding anything and every reason to disclose. If disclosure is incomplete, I stop.
Is mediation appropriate if there has been domestic violence?
No. Where there are allegations of domestic violence or abuse, I do not mediate; the process depends on two people who can negotiate freely, and Colorado law itself bars a court from requiring mediation over the objection of a party who reports abuse. My office screens for it at intake, and those cases are referred to counsel.
What happens to the children's issues?
They come first. The parenting plan, decision-making, the schedule counted in overnights, holidays, exchanges, communication and the child support worksheet under the 2026 guidelines are resolved before the money, because the money is easier once both parents know the children are settled. The plan is drafted to be enforceable, in the form the court uses.
What do we get at the end?
A complete, legally binding marital settlement agreement, which in Colorado means a separation agreement covering every asset, debt, maintenance term and the allocation of fees and taxes, together with the parenting plan and the child support worksheet, drafted for filing. Each of you takes it to your own lawyer for review; we then meet for the final signing session and you file it. The court reviews the financial terms for fairness and the children's terms for their best interests, and in most cases enters the decree on the papers without a hearing.
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