By: Sarah T. McCain While recently reading the entertainment section of the news, I came across a story highlighting the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Clearly most of their issues were not those that the average individual can really relate to. However, there were some items that you see in many high
By: Plog & Stein PC Chances are if you are considering divorce, you are facing difficulties in your marriage that you don’t believe you and your spouse will be able to overcome. Perhaps you have even made the decision to divorce, but are unsure what the best time to file is. Here
By Michelle L. Searcy Comedians have written countless jokes about losing half of everything in a divorce. While it is, by far, the most common outcome that the marital estate will be divided equally or nearly equally, parties to a divorce have considerable control over how much will be left to divide.
By Michelle L. Searcy Colorado’s Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act sets forth the laws applicable to divorces in Colorado. While most divorce cases involve parties who live in the same state, often times one of the parties has either moved to or moved from the state prior to a party filing a
By: Plog & Stein PC An expert is somebody who is uniquely qualified by his/her education, knowledge and experience to offer opinions regarding matters that are scientific, technical or that require specialized knowledge. See C.R.E. Rule 702. Although any witness could potentially by certified as an expert by the court if he/she
By: Plog & Stein PC Many people are reluctant, nervous, or even fearful of going to court. This is understandable because most people have never been to court and find the formal setting uncomfortable. Additionally going to court can be inconvenient to people who live far away from the courthouse (sometimes even out
By: Michelle L. Searcy In Part 1 of this article, I started venturing into comparing Colorado divorce laws with those of other states, as listed an online divorce article I came across. I continue my interstate legal the journey in this Part 2, looking at other states and their laws compared to
By Michelle L. Searcy While browsing the news one morning, I recently came across an article discussing some “surprising” divorce laws throughout the country and wondered how those laws compare to Colorado laws on the same subjects. This article, which will be posted in two parts, explores those comparisons. In Arkansas, couples have
By Michelle L. Searcy Whether you are involved in a divorce (dissolution of marriage), child custody (allocation of parental rights), or modification family law case, you will be encouraged, if not ordered to participate in mediation. In mediation, the mediator will work with you to try to resolve issues through agreement. This
By: Jessica A. Saldin, Starting in January each year, almost every party in a divorce case has the same question, “How do I file my taxes for the prior year?” As long as you were legally married for the pendency of the entire prior year, you could file married filing jointly. However,
