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Colorado family law, grouped the way clients think about it: the money, the children, the agreements, and the process itself. Start with yours.
- 01The Money
- 02The Children
- 03Agreements
- 04The Process & After
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The Money
Income is the case.
Businesses, practices, equity compensation, trusts, real estate, and the tracing that decides what is marital.
- Business Valuationthe number that decides the case→
- High-Asset Divorcecomplex estates, disclosure, and the five-year rule→
- Business Owner Divorcekeeping the company you built→
- Complex Financial Divorcevalue, characterize, tax-effect — then divide→
- Property Divisionequitable, not automatic 50/50→
- Separate Propertya records-management discipline→
- Spousal Maintenancethe formula, published with a worked example→
- Maintenance Calculatorthe advisory formula and term table, payor’s edition→
- Vocational Assessmentthe expert that turns a zero into potential income→
- Executive Compensationproperty or income — the line worth arguing→
- Stock Options & RSUstax character changes real value→
- Trust Intereststhe instrument, not the balance, decides→
- Real Estatevalue, equity, and after-tax proceeds differ→
- The House, the Buyout & the Equalization Paymentappraisers, costs of sale, buyouts, and the divorce balance sheet→
- Retirement AssetsQDROs, and three different currencies→
- QDROs & Dividing Retirement Plans401(k)s, pensions, PERA, federal and military plans: how each is actually divided→
- Professional Practicesgoodwill, licensure, and buyouts→
- Tax Strategythe settlement that matters is the after-tax one→
- Divorce & Taxesfiling status, dependents, the house, retirement, basis, innocent spouse: the detailed guide→
- Hidden Assets & Forensic Discoverythe disclosure duty, and the five-year hammer→
- Cryptocurrency & Digital Assetsfindable, valuable, divisible→
- Married to the Business Ownerleveling the information field→
- Income Determinationwhat “income” means when you own the company→
The Children
Decided by what you do, not what you say.
Parental responsibilities, parenting time, support on real income, and relocation.
- Parental Responsibilitiesbest interests, decided on credibility→
- Parenting Timeschedules engineered for real life→
- Child Supportthe 2026 guidelines, and owner income→
- Parentage & Paternityestablishing or contesting parentage: DNA testing, the acknowledgment, support and custody→
- Relocation & Move-Awaytwo doors, different rules→
- Interstate & International Custodywhich state decides, before what it decides→
- Custody for Executives & Business Ownersparenting plans for demanding careers→
- Custody Evaluations (CFI & PRE)preparing for the evaluator→
- False Allegationsdefending against abuse claims→
- Supervised Parenting Timewhen it is ordered, and how it ends→
- Grandparent & Non-Parent Rightsgrandparent family time and non-parent custody, after the 2023 and 2026 changes→
- Step-Parent Adoptionconsent, the abandonment ground, the process, the decree→
- Colorado Custody Termsthe vocabulary, translated→
- Parenting-Time Schedulesthe common arrangements and their trade-offs→
- Parenting Time by Ageinfants to teens: what the research and the guidelines support→
- The Parenting Plan, Clause by Clauseschedules, holidays, right of first refusal, non-disparagement, the clauses that matter→
Agreements
Built to hold up.
Prenups and postnups built to hold up, drafted with the trust and estate planning behind them.
The Process & After
From the petition to the years after the decree.
Temporary orders, mediation and litigation, privacy, and what happens after the decree.
- Divorce in Coloradohow the process actually works→
- Financial Disclosures (Rule 16.2)the 42-day rule, the Sworn Financial Statement, what to gather, the official forms→
- Mediation & Litigationsettle from strength→
- Privacy & Discretionengineered from the first filing→
- Emergency & Protection Ordersthe automatic injunction, and urgent relief→
- Modifying Orderswhat can be modified and on what showing: custody, support, maintenance, property→
- Modifying Custodyparenting time and decision-making after the decree: the five motions, three standards→
- Modifying Child Supportthe ten-percent rule, imputed income, the March 2026 table, county review→
- When Child Support Endsnineteen, high school, disability, the multi-child order, arrears→
- Reopening the Property Divisionhidden or omitted assets: the five-year rule, Rule 60(b), the cases→
- Ending or Reducing Maintenancealready paying: remarriage, cohabitation, retirement, income changes→
- Maintenance Defensefor the spouse who will pay: contesting need, earning capacity and the term→
- Enforcement of Ordershow orders are enforced: the tools, in order→
- Contempt of Courtremedial and punitive contempt: what you must prove, and the penalties→
- Child Support Arrearsinterest, judgments, every collection tool, and Child Support Services→
- Maintenance Arrearsjudgment on each missed payment, interest, income assignment, contempt→
- Appealsdeadlines, what an appeal really costs, and whether you have one→
- Common Law Marriagewhether a marriage exists at all→
- Military Divorceretired pay, the SCRA, TRICARE, deployment and custody→
- LGBTQ+ Family Lawsame-sex divorce, civil unions, parentage, adoption→
- LGBTQ+ Divorce: What's Differentthe plain-English guide: when the marriage began, the children, retirement plans, taxes, benefits, with checklists→
- Name Change After Divorcerestoring a name, changing a child's name→
- Legal Separationsame process, different decree→
- Annulment (Invalidity of Marriage)the grounds, their time limits, and what follows→
- Temporary Ordersthe first ninety days, governed→
- Attorney Fees & Costsfee-shifting and the level playing field→
- Protection Ordersthe shield, and the defense against it→
- Domestic Violence & Divorceprotection orders, the 2026 parenting rules, evidence, safety→
Recent writing.
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Sept 18, 2026The SLAT Trap: When the Estate Plan Meets the DivorceSpousal Lifetime Access Trusts move wealth out of the taxable estate, with the marriage as the access mechanism. In a divorce, the donor loses the access,…
Sept 17, 2026Can You File for Divorce in Another State If You Live in Colorado?Where a divorce can be filed, where the money can be decided, and where the children's case belongs are three different questions. Colorado's 91-day domicile…
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