Articles about Mediation and Divorce

It is easy to get married. You just need to get a license and have a ceremony. The process can be completed in a relatively short period of time. But undoing a marriage – or obtaining a divorce – is not so simple. Although there may be fifty ways to leave your lover, as Paul Simon once sung, leaving and divorcing can be quite difficult,

In my years of being a divorce attorney, I have heard a lot of stories and seen many different ways to end a marriage. In one case, a man left the country with a child and disappeared for more than a year. In another case, someone cashed in a $150,000 retirement account and hid the cash. In some cases, there are affairs that rip at the emotional heart of the marriage.  And in others there is physical or emotional abuse, or substance abuse. Although the facts of each case are unique, each case must fit into the laws of the state you live in.

In Colorado, for example, the Colorado State legislature created statutes that seek to protect children and make certain that both parties get a “fair deal” when a marriage ends. If parties cannot reach an agreement and settle out of court, the Judge must divide assets and debts, make decisions about child and spousal support, and also decide how the cost of the divorce will be paid.