Parents filing for divorce now face considerations that were irrelevant to custody and visitation orders a couple of decades ago. You are raising digital natives who depend on technology in almost every aspect of their lives. It is only reasonable to consider the role...
Child Custody and Parental Visitation
3 elements of determining child custody for unwed parents
Child custody arrangements have a complexity that only increases for unwed parents. According to the CDC, unmarried women accounted for 23.2% of births in Colorado. Whether the mother or the father, knowing what lies ahead may help ease the process. 1. Establishing...
Top 5 reasons to hire a family law attorney
Legal issues involving your loved ones can be emotionally and mentally challenging, but hiring a professional can help. You might wonder whether hiring a lawyer is necessary. Before you attempt to argue your case alone, consider how a family law attorney could benefit...
Child custody considerations in Colorado
If you live in Colorado and your marriage has come to an end, you may have concerns about the custody of children you share with your soon-to-be-former spouse. Rather than custody, the state uses the term "parental responsibility" to describe how the child will divide...
What is the significance of legal custody?
Children are unique beings that have different needs from their parents. When two parents go through a divorce the careful balance that they have created to provide stability for their children may be upset by the turmoil in their relationship. When Colorado families...
When is sole custody ordered in family law cases?
Every child custody and family law case is based on different facts and will involve children who have different needs. The best interests of one Colorado child may vary greatly from those of another, and for that reason individual custody cases receive their own...
Physical custody is only one aspect of parental responsibilities
Losing daily facetime with one's child can be the hardest aspect of divorce or separation for a Colorado parent. An individual may be used to picking their child up from school each day and having time to love and communicate with them in the comfort of their own...
How does virtual visitation fit into a parenting plan?
Readers of this Colorado legal blog may be reviewing this article on their computers, from their phones or on other internet-connected devices. The fact is, people get their news, engage in business and communicate with their loved ones from the convenience of...
Could your kids benefit from post-divorce nesting?
It is important that readers of this Colorado family law blog understand that no one strategy for caring for kids following a divorce will work for everyone. In fact, different families may need to employ highly variable and unique plans to ensure that their children...
Unmarried fathers, child custody and visitation
Sometimes when a child in Colorado is born to unmarried parents who are no longer in a relationship with one another, it may be assumed that the child's mother will receive primary parental responsibilities, also known as child custody. However, unmarried fathers can...