Parties in a dissolution of marriage, legal separation or allocation of parental responsibilities may request from the court for the temporary payment of debts, use of property, maintenance, parental responsibilities, support of the child of a marriage entitled to support or attorneys' fees. This...
Colorado "case law contemplate a specific sequence in which the division of property, maintenance, and attorney's fees computations should occur. First, the court must divide the marital property. Huff, 834 P.2d at 248. It does so based on a number of factors, including the 'economic circumstances' of the...
Mediation is almost always ordered in divorce cases in Colorado by the presiding judge or magistrate. Mediation allows: Each party to take more control of the outcome of their case/dispute. Privacy, in that mediation is confidential unlike most court cases which are matters of public record. Possibly quicker...