Navigating the process of getting divorced can understandably be challenging for both adults involved. However, divorce can also take a toll on children, particularly toddlers. Fortunately, divorcing parents in Colorado can take a couple of steps to keep their children as emotionally safe as possible during this life-altering event. First, parents of toddlers should ideally try to keep their children’s routines intact during the divorce process. As a general rule of thumb, toddlers do well with routines involving school schedules,…

When an individual in Colorado is ready to end his or her marriage, one of the most defining moments of the process is breaking the news to the other party. Figuring out how to go about this can no doubt be confusing and even overwhelming. However, a few tips may help to make this stage of the divorce process easier. First, it may behoove individuals who are contemplating divorce to choose private places to share their feelings with their soon-to-be exes. This…

Many people go onto social media to rant about the things they don’t like and to share their love for things they do. They may post pictures, chat with friends or family on public walls or forums, and generally build a rather public community. If you’re going through a divorce, that public community needs to be locked down. Social media can be, and has been, used against people in divorces in the past. A claim of drug or alcohol abuse…

Reaching the decision to end the marriage is the most difficult aspect of divorce in Colorado or elsewhere, but the divorce process itself is also challenging. Undergoing the divorce process is less distressing when both spouses, their attorneys, and the court understand each party’s position on crucial aspects of the divorce, such as the division of marital assets, child custody, child support, and spousal maintenance (alimony). In Colorado, the initial status conference (ISC) serves this essential function, so each spouse…

Recent research shows that when divorcing parents fight, this can increase their children’s feelings of anxiety and stress. The reason for this is that children who witness extensive parental conflict generally fear that their parents will ultimately abandon them. Unfortunately, these children have a greater likelihood of suffering mental health issues long term as a result. The recent research further shows that parental conflict can take a toll on children involved in divorce even if the parents have seemingly strong…