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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…

Choosing to move forward with a divorce is rarely an easy decision, but when you and your spouse determine that divorce is the inevitable conclusion of your marriage, it doesn’t mean the divorce process has to be long and arduous. There are several ways you and your spouse can achieve a quick divorce in Colorado…

Divorce isn’t just the parting of spouses who go their separate ways, it’s also a complex legal process with necessary requirements to fulfill, including the fair and equitable division of marital assets under Colorado’s divorce law, a child custody agreement with parenting time for both spouses, child support under the state’s guidelines, and spousal support…