The person you married may seem like a distant memory to the person who now shares your home. You may now feel that the time has come to divorce. If your soon-to-be ex-spouse has a narcissistic personality, you may have faced mistreatment throughout your marriage without immediately recognizing it. Individuals with these personalities can easily manipulate and make others feel worthless without obvious displays of violent or frightening behavior. What is a Narcissist? A narcissistic personality may not be instantly recognizable…
Navigating a divorce in Colorado feels overwhelming when dealing with the legal complexities involved as well as the emotional aspects of ending a marriage. In Colorado, divorcing spouses must fairly and equitably divide their marital assets and debts during the divorce process as well as make determinations for child custody and support. Reaching mutually acceptable terms on all aspects of the divorce is the most challenging part of a Colorado divorce. Drafting a divorce agreement with fair terms that both…
Colorado courts uphold a child’s best interests as their standard for all decisions, especially in making child custody decisions. The courts also presume that continued close contact with both parents is in a child’s best interests unless a parent rebuts this presumption with clear evidence showing that continued close contact with the other parent is not in their child’s best interests. Although courts in Colorado aim for 50/50 shared custody (parenting time), this isn’t always possible for every divorced family….
A divorce is an enormous, life-altering decision. Before you make the first move and file the divorce petition, or respond to a spouse’s petition, it helps to take a calm step back and prepare for the process ahead. Preparing for divorce means considering the important factors of divorce and how you’ll resolve them in your case as you move forward. It’s helpful to know the following key points of a Colorado divorce before you begin the process. Have We Explored…
Divorce is never easy, even under the most amicable circumstances when spouses agree to part ways but remain on civil or even friendly terms and make their out-of-court settlement. But when divorcing spouses have a highly contentious divorce due to hard feelings toward each other and/or battles over child custody and the division of their assets, emotions may quickly spiral out of control, leading to disputes on nearly every term of the divorce. So how do divorcing spouses avoid common…