Divorce Blog

By: Curtis Wiberg Plog & Stein, P.C. In my career as a family law attorney, I have seen a lot of problems between divorced spouses as they relate to costs associated with minor children’s school and/or extracurricular expenses. Many divorce orders or separation agreements contain provisions for the parties to share expenses of school and…

By: Jessica A. Bryant After getting married it is not uncommon for people to change the beneficiaries on their various accounts (life insurance, stocks, retirement accounts, etc.) to their new spouse. In the event of a divorce, most types of accounts allow the beneficiary to be changed (be cognizant of the automatic temporary injunction that…

By: Sarah T. McCain During the end of a marriage, there can often be a significant amount of fighting. It’s hoped that these verbal arguments couples might engage in can be kept from the children. As a marriage ends through the process of divorce, children often comment that it is better that they not be…

By: Curtis Wiberg Over the last several years, Denver real estate prices have increased rapidly and significantly. In many Denver divorce cases, the largest asset needing to be divided is the marital home. If the parties have resided in the marital home throughout the course of the marriage, keeping current on payments, and in this…

By: Jessica A. Bryant When in the middle of a divorce or custody case one aspect that often gets less consideration than some of the immediate issues/concerns is how to handle the children’s post-secondary/college expenses. Child support in Colorado ends at the age of 19 unless the child emancipates before the age of 19 (becomes…

By: Stephen J. Plog In the past, you may have heard stories about people fighting over the pots and pans as part of their divorce case. When stories like this are told, it is usually done to emphasize how acrimonious a divorce case might have been. However, we, as divorce attorneys, have literally seen people…

By: Curtis Wiberg In 2014, the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct 2071 (2015), and no state in the United States is able to deny the right to a same-sex couple to get married. So, while the law seems clear as to what the Obergefell case means going…

By: Sarah T. McCain When emergencies, such as when the emotional and/or physical safety of the children is at risk, people generally turn to the court, asking for immediate protections, the primary one of which is supervised parenting time. There are many options when it comes to supervised parenting time and, in many cases, the…

By: Jessica A. Bryant After a divorce decree is entered, there may still be steps that need to be taken to wrap up property division issues (for example completion of forms and orders to divide a retirement account and/or steps to divide the ownership and responsibility for real estate). When a home was jointly titled…

By: Janette Jordan In the State of Colorado, when you have a pending family law case before the court, such as a divorce filing, allocation of parental responsibilities filing, post-decree modifications, etc., courts typically require that the parties attempt alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In fact, C.R.S. 13-22-301, et seq. states that courts can require the…