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If you are facing any family court process, such as a divorce, a legal separation, a child custody case, or an alimony request, you’ve probably heard your attorney speaking of one or more RFOs. In many cases, Fort Collins family lawyers use legal terms, abbreviations, and acronyms automatically, without considering that a client is not…

A divorce is never an easy process, either emotionally, financially, or legally, but when one spouse has dropped out of the workforce for a significant period, it becomes especially challenging. Many families with children determine that one spouse should remain at home as the primary caregiver, requiring that spouse to put their career goals on…

While the Colorado courts consider child support a legal obligation in any divorce involving children, spousal support (alimony) isn’t automatic in Colorado divorces. Instead, one spouse has to petition the court to request spousal support. The court considers the individual circumstances of each divorce case before approving a request for spousal support and awarding support…

Colorado is a no-fault divorce state requiring spouses to divorce only on the grounds that the marriage is irretrievably broken, but does this mean that anything goes during the divorce process and your spouse cannot use any of your behaviors and actions against you in court? Despite the no-fault divorce law, a spouse’s behavior and…

A protection order—sometimes called a restraining order—is a legal order stopping a specific person from engaging in certain acts either temporarily or permanently. The most common restraining orders compel one individual from contacting another person. When the court agrees that one person may be a danger to another, they issue a restraining order in criminal…