When to File for a Divorce Deciding to file for divorce is never easy. It’s a big step that affects your life, your family, and your future. Many factors can influence your decision, from personal reasons to legal considerations. This article will help you understand when to file for divorce and guide
Divorce and General Family Law Knowledge
6 Tips on How to Tell Your Kids You Are Getting a Divorce (Age-by-Age)
Making the decision to end your marriage is never easy. However, matters can become even more complicated when children are involved. Parenting through a divorce can be extremely difficult. But before even getting to that stage, it’s important to have a conversation with your children. Thousands of couples each year, many of
Can I Prevent Child Relocation After a Divorce?
People’s lives change over time, and the same is true after a divorce. But what happens when your former spouse wants to move and take your child with them? You may wonder, Can I prevent child relocation after a divorce? Below, the Denver family attorneys at Plog & Stein P.C. provide general
What Are the Impacts of Divorce on Retirement Accounts?
Divorce can be emotionally and financially complicated. If you are considering a divorce or are going through one, you may be wondering which of your assets are subject to division. One important issue you may be especially concerned about is the impact of divorce on your retirement accounts. These accounts are ones
How Can You Keep Premarital Assets Separate?
Divorce can be emotionally and financially devastating. While the pain of a divorce is generally unavoidable, there are measures you can take to soften the blow of a dissolution and protect yourself during divorce proceedings. You may have heard that the assets you acquired prior to marriage are separate and not subject
Colorado Divorce and Video Hearings
By: Stephen J. Plog How the courts conduct business has significantly changed due to COVID-19. With a governmental ban on large gatherings in place, the family law courts in Colorado have updated their practices to eliminate in-person hearings for all but emergency cases, with a few exceptions. Whether your divorce case was
Divorce and Subpoenaing Your Spouse’s Bank Records
During a divorce proceeding, or in a post-decree modification proceeding, issues related to a spouse’s income or assets are often disputed, especially when one spouse suspects the other spouse is hiding income or assets from them. Financial Record Disclosures Typically, bank records and income information is disclosed through the mandatory financial disclosure
Name Changes in Colorado Family Law Cases
By: Janette Jordan There are two types of name changes that occur in a family law case: the restoration of the Wife’s name to her maiden name or other previous name and the changing of the name of a minor child in a divorce or custody case. In a divorce case, if
Pros and Cons of Recording Conversations With Your Spouse as Evidence in Your Divorce
By: Curtis Wiberg With the ease of technology making the prospect of recording phone and in-person conversations with a soon to be ex-spouse so much easier, more and more clients are presenting me with recorded conversations (whether audio or video) with their spouse for potential use as evidence in their divorce cases.
Understanding Basic Divorce Terminology
By: Stephen J. Plog As a Denver divorce lawyer, I regularly meet with people in need of help with their family law cases. With each meeting, I have to be conscious of each person’s level of awareness when discussing the legal aspects of their case. After almost twenty years of