Domestic Relations
Students often have legal issues that arise from their relationships with their families or their chosen relationships through marriage, civil unions, or domestic partnerships. Below are some of the most frequent reasons that students visit our office for legal advice.
Child Custody and Child Support
Establishing or enforcing the rights of each parent to spend time with and make decisions for their child is often legally complicated and emotionally draining. Whether such rights are established in Colorado or in other states, legal advice from our office may be helpful in navigating what to do or not to do regarding parenting agreements for your child or children. Additionally, our office can also give legal advice regarding the establishment or modification of child support orders that may be part of those custody matters.
Divorce and Post-Divorce Issues
In addition to child custody matters, couples who decide to get a divorce have issues of property, debt and asset division, and maintenance (spousal support) to resolve themselves or have a judge decide before their divorce can be finalized. Issues may come up after a divorce is final related to enforcement of existing court orders. Our office can give you legal advice regarding the issues that may come up as you go through a divorce process or help you to decide how to go about enforcing court orders that already have been made for you and an ex-spouse.
Paternity
There are specific laws that govern how legal parenthood is established for a child. If you believe that you are the parent of a child and want to be involved in that child’s life, there are specific legal steps that have to be taken to ensure that you have those rights as a parent. Our office can help you navigate how to determine if you are the parent of a child and tell you what other legal rights and obligations you will have if you are determined to be a parent.
Common Law Marriage
Colorado is one of the states that still recognize common law marriage. However, just living together as a couple is not the only legal requirement to establish a common law marriage. Our office can help you determine if the relationship that you are in is a common law marriage and whether you might need a divorce to end such a relationship successfully.
