Divorce Attorney in Denver Colorado

Divorce and Legal Separation in Colorado
Colorado is a no fault state as far as the grounds for divorce (dissolution of marriage) is concerned. Many years ago, one had to prove a basis for a divorce such as adultery, physical cruelty, abandonment, etc. Today, all the court must find for a party to be granted a divorce are the following: (1) one of the parties has lived in Colorado for 90 days immediately preceding the commencement of the divorce proceeding, (2) the marriage is irretrievably broken with no reasonable chance of reconciliation, and (3) 90 days or more have passed since the court acquired jurisdiction over both parties. [Read Full Article]

Marital Agreements
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are a type of contract. Therefore, they must comply with ordinary principles of contract law. Pursuant to ordinary principles of contract law, a party to a contract cannot say that he or she did not know the contents of a contract he or she has executed, and a party signing an agreement is bound to know its contents even if the party did not read it. [Read Full Article]

Alimony and Child Support Modifications
The term maintenance is synonymous with the word alimony. The application of both words is the same. To be eligible for maintenance under Colorado law, the party seeking maintenance must demonstrate to the Court that he or she: (1) lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to him or her, to provide for his or her reasonable needs, and (2) must also demonstrate that he or she is unable to support himself or herself through appropriate employment, or is the custodian of a child whose condition or circumstances make it appropriate that the child's custodian not be required to seek employment outside the home. [Read Full Article]

Cohabitation Agreements
There has been a three-way approach to conflict avoidance employed by various attorneys in Colorado. These three alternatives fall under the general descriptive terms of prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements. The first two agreements are related to the marital relationship while the latter of the three concerns unmarried cohabitants who have decided to set forth, with specificity, the end of their non-marital business and personal partnerships. The length of time that the parties have lived together is irrelevant, assuming a common law marriage has not been created by them under Colorado law for the creation of such an arrangement. It is most often the case that parties cease living together have not employed any forethought to resolving financial obligations or entitlement to personal or real property. Without an enforceable cohabitation agreement between the parties, those parties are faced with potential creditors' claims, destruction or diminution in the value of their property, and expensive litigation.
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