An unexpected tragedy can change your entire life in mere moments. Losing a loved one in a crash caused by a drunk driver may feel like a nightmare that you can’t wake up from. Daily life often becomes much more difficult when people must struggle through the fog of grief. For many people, the only thing that keeps them going after such a tragic loss is the drive to see justice served. When a drunk driver causes a fatal crash,…

There was a 6.8% increase in traffic accidents throughout the country between 2018 and 2019, many of which occurred in Illinois. According to a survey from Go Safe Labs, there were 22,188 crashes in Houston, which was the most in the country during 2019. Other cities where accidents were most likely to occur were Charlotte, Austin and Los Angeles. However, it is important to note that the accident rates in many of these cities actually declined during that year. In…

There are several remedies to collect unpaid child support and maintenance whether it is for a period of a few months or several years. Depending on the circumstances you have several options available to you and either filing contempt of court or reducing unpaid support payments to a consolidated support judgement may be options for you. Each monthly support obligation becomes a judgment when due/owed and not paid each month. As the judgment is automatic by statute, you can file…

That’s not an easy question to answer based on age alone or based on a child’s emotional and mental development. And it’s also not that simple when it comes to the Colorado Courts with regards to custody and child support. Our “Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act” does not even define “child.” In a recent case (In Re Marriage of Tibbetts, 428 P.3d 686 (Colo. 2018)), Colorado determined that a person under the age of eighteen years old is still a…

If you’ve reached your 50s or 60s and decided that you want to get a divorce, your divorce is what’s called a gray divorce. A gray divorce, named for the general hair color of people who are older, is one that involves people over the age of 50. In this age group, divorce has a different connotation than for people who are younger. A couple might have children, but they’re likely grown and out of the house. They may have…