With the holidays just around the corner, now is the best time for parents who have a child custody agreement to take the time to review the agreement. You don't need the holidays to come up and you not have a plan for where your child is going to spend specific days....
Emotional thinking can be your enemy in a divorce
The end of a marriage often brings up a mixture of feelings. You might feel happy that the marriage is finally over, but you might feel sad at the same time. The emotional back and forth of the divorce is something that can easily get in the way of your getting the...
Same-sex couples can face challenges after adoptions
Same-sex couples face many of the same issues as other couples. When a same-sex couple adopts a child, they will often have to deal with many of the challenges of other adoptive families. What might change is the information that is exchanged and the questions that...
Colorado law makes violence protection difficult
Domestic violence is a major problem throughout the nation, and in Colorado, there's been some concern that not enough is being done by law enforcement to help. In one case, police failed to arrest a man after five calls for domestic violence: he later murdered his...
Nontraditional families need legal protections
Nontraditional families deserve to have the same protections and benefits as traditional families. There are some instances in which the composition of the family makes getting legal protections a bit more complicated than what would occur in a traditional family. We...
What to know about parental modifications
Your marriage was not a lifetime arrangement, but your parental commitment remains long after a marriage has dissolved. The divorce settlement figured out your asset division but the arrangement for co-parenting is more challenging and subject to change as your life...