Once a petition for dissolution has been filed, there are numerous ways one of the spouses can seek to get it dismissed, with or without the agreement of the other.
A divorce where one spouse is in the military presents unique challenges, from deployments, to calculating military pay, to dividing military retirement.
When one spouse is an immigrant, additional considerations apply, including risks of deportation, and risk to the citizen spouse of greater support obligations.
A general overview of the requirements to obtain a divorce in Colorado, from jurisdiction to the legal grounds grounds.
Legal separation is an alternative to a dissolution whereby the parties have a final settlement, and are married for some purposes, and divorced for others.
Although every case is different, most divorce cases will have similar elements, from the initial pleadings, through settlement discussions and hearings.
Upon service of process, Colorado imposes an injunction which prohibits making certain financial changes or bringing the children out of state without consent.
A declaration of invalidity of marriage (“annulment”) is an alternative to a divorce, but you must meet one of the statutory factors to qualify.