Colorado Divorce & Family Law Guide

A Comprehensive Collection of Articles about Colorado Family Law

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About the Guide

The Colorado Divorce & Family Law Guide was created by Carl O. Graham, a Colorado Springs, CO divorce lawyer and former Army JAG officer. As a principal in Black & Graham, LLC, a domestic relations and criminal defense firm, Carl heads up the firm's family law practice, and focuses exclusively on Colorado divorce & family law, including military divorce issues. To learn more about our Colorado Springs family law practice, visit the law firm web site at:
www.blackgraham.com.

 

  • Family Law Updates
  • Colorado Divorce & Family Law Guide
    • The D.I.Y. Divorce Guide
      • Get the Forms
      • Instructions for Forms
      • File & Serve Initial Pleadings
      • Provide Financial Disclosures
      • Fill out Agreements, Decree, etc.
      • Initial Status Conference
      • Final Steps (No Children)
      • Final Hearing (If Children)
    • Entering Into Marriage
      • Prohibited Marriages
      • Common Law Marriage
      • Ceremonial Marriage
      • Same-Sex Marriage
      • Designated Beneficiary Agreements
    • Termination of Marriage
      • Grounds for Divorce or Legal Separation
      • Jurisdiction
      • Procedure
      • Divorce
      • Legal Separation
      • Annulment
      • Statutory Injunction
    • Paternity
      • Jurisdiction
      • Paternity & DNA Testing
    • Prenuptial Agreements
    • Bankruptcy & Divorce
    • Children & Custody
      • Jurisdiction
      • Parental Decision-Making
      • Decision-Making Modification
      • Child Custody / Parenting Time
      • Parenting Time Modification
      • Relocation of Children
      • Children Passports
      • Best Interests of the Children
      • Parenting Experts / Professionals
        • Child & Family Investigator / CFI
        • Child's Legal Representative / CLR
        • Parental Responsibilities Evaluator / PRE
    • Asset & Debt Division
      • Division of Property & Debt
      • Pension & Retirement Division
        • Division of 401(k) Plans
        • Division of PERA
        • IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts)
        • Social Security Benefits
      • Property Settlement Modification
      • Division of Employee Stock Options
      • Vacation & Sick Time
    • Colorado Grandparent Rights & Visitation
      • Legal Standard for Grandparent Visitation
      • Colorado Grandparent Custody Rights
    • Child & Spousal Support
      • Alimony / Maintenance
      • Maintenance Modification
      • Child Support
      • Child Support Jurisdiction
      • Child Support Modification & Termination
    • Protective Orders
    • Useful Links

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Family Law Update

Added - Section on Parenting Experts

See the new section on Parenting Experts / Professionals.  It has articles explaining the roles of the various professionals who can be appointed to help determine parenting issues, including CFI, Child's Legal Representative, and more.

Added Employee Stock Option Page

Employee stock options are a divisible asset, but more complicated than dividing pensions or other financial assets.  For more information, see our new article on the Division of Employee Stock Options.

Expanded and Updated Grandparent Rights & Visitation Pages

The grandparent rights page has been expanded to a full section, and updated to reflect recent changes in this hotly-contested area of the law.  Look at Colorado Grandparent Rights and Visitation for more information.

New Articles on Ceremonial Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, etc

See the Entering into Marriage section for new articles on ceremonial marriage, same-sex marriages, and Colorado's new Designated Beneficiary Act.

 

Support from Incarcerated Parents

On May 27, 2008, Governor Ritter signed House Bill 08-1342, Concerning Measures to Improve Child Support Enforcement, which added a provision to C.R.S. 14-10-115(5)B9b)(1) stating that no income will be imputed to an incarcerated parent sentenced to a year or more.

Colorado Reservist Parent Protection

On April 7, 2008, the governor signed House Bill 08-1176, creating parenting protections for reservists who deploy.  See Colorado Reservist Parent Protection in the Military Divorce Guide for more information.

Paternity & DNA Testing

On May 29, 2008, Governor Ritter signed SB 08-183, Concerning the Effect of DNA Evidence of Nonparentage on Child-Related Orders, which modifies Colorado's adaptation of the Uniform Parentage Act.

The act changes C.R.S. 19-4-107.3 to provide for an order determining parentage to be set aside if:

  1. Genetic testing determines that the named father is not the biological father, and
  2. The Court determines that it is just and proper, and in the best interests of the child, to set aside the parenting determination.
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