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
Divorce and General Family Law Knowledge
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 Records
By: Curtis Wiberg 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. 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
Military Service and Your Family Law Case (Part 1)
By: Jessica A. Bryant Serving in the military can have unique impacts on your Colorado custody or divorce proceeding ranging from questions as to the proper state in which to file, special protections for service members, and questions regarding retirement account division. The first part of this article will address the impact military service has
Using a Private Investigator in Your Family Law Case
By: Sarah T. McCain Often in high conflict divorce or custody cases, a party will ask me whether or not they should invest in having a private investigator follow their spouse. While it may sound tempting, the majority of the time, the answer to this question is “no.” However, there may be instances
You Will Be Held to the Same Standard as an Attorney When Representing Yourself in a Divorce
By: Sarah McCain In this day and age of on-line, check-the-box divorce forms, the general public is often left with the impression that handling a Colorado divorce case on their own is an easy process. Sometimes it can be, such as when the parties agree on each and every issue (though