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Colorado Child and Family Investigator

In Colorado, a child and family investigator (“CFI”) may be appointed in a domestic relations case, including dissolution of marriage cases (or what is commonly referred to as divorce cases), or in other cases involving children including paternity and allocation of parental responsibility cases. The roles of Guardian ad Litem, CFI’s and Parental Responsibilities Evaluators have [...]

 

Colorado No Fault Divorce Law – Denver No Fault Divorce Lawyers

Colorado law uses the term “dissolution of marriage” rather than “divorce.”  However, these words are used interchangeable by most Denver divorce lawyers or Colorado family law attorneys.  Colorado divorce law also uses the term “spousal maintenance” which replaced the word “alimony.”  The terms “alimony” and “divorce” because they are more familiar to most readers.  However, [...]

 

Right to Claim Dependent Children in Colorado Divorce

One issue that often arises in Colorado divorce involving children is the question of how to allocate the right to claim dependent children for income tax purposes.  Allocation of the dependency exemption also arises in paternity cases or in allocation of parental responsibilities.   In short, in any legal proceeding involving children in Colorado, the parties [...]

 

List of Colorado Statewide Parenting Class Providers Updated 5-1-12, Including Denver Metro, Douglas County, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Elbert County, and Adams County

List of Colorado Statewide Parenting Class Providers Updated 5-1-12, Including Denver Metro Parenting Class, Douglas County Parenting Class, Arapahoe County Parenting Class, Jefferson County Parenting Class, Elbert County Parenting Class, and Adams County Parenting Class http://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/ColoradoParentingSeminarList/2012%20updated%2005-01-12-%20Colorado%20Parenting%20Seminar%20Providers.pdf Send to Facebook

 

The Arapahoe County Family Court Facilitators Notice for New Procedures April 2012

The Arapahoe County Family Court Facilitators have advised us of the following: Beginning in April we will no longer be meeting for ISCs in a group setting in room 347 of Court House 2. Rather, cases in which one or both parties are represented by attorneys will make appearances directly in Divisions 11 with Magistrate [...]

 

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (1997)

UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT (1997) Drafted by the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS and by it APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED FOR ENACTMENT IN ALL THE STATES at its ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEETING IN ITS ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SIXTH YEAR IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA JULY 25 – AUGUST 1, 1997 WITH PREFATORY NOTE AND COMMENTS COPYRIGHT [...]

 

UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT (UCCJA)

Back | WP 6.1 Version | ASCII Version | PDF Version UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT Drafted by the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS and by it APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED FOR ENACTMENT IN ALL THE STATES at its ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEETING IN ITS SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA JULY 22 – AUGUST [...]

 

International Child Custody Matters and Child Abductions – Colorado lawyer

Interstate Child Custody.  International Child Custody and Colorado Family Law.  Removal or Relocation of a Child Cases. The family law team of Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., emphasizes the practice of interstate and international child custody, including cases involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), [...]

 

A Notice from the Arapahoe County Family Court Facilitators

  The Arapahoe County Family Court Facilitators have advised us of the following: Beginning in April we will no longer be meeting for ISCs in a group setting in room 347 of Court House 2. Rather, cases in which one or both parties are represented by attorneys will make appearances directly in Divisions 11 with [...]

 

Douglas County Divorce Update from Judge Angela Arkin

Please remember you can find these changes as well as information on other Judicial Districts on the CBA Family Law Web page at: http://www.cobar.org/index.cfm/ID/21924 (FCF Heather Lang and Mag. Laura Findorff): All ISC’s pre and post-decree; follow up TSCs and case management; all temporary orders; all uncontested divorces; most non-appearance affidavits; all TPOs Monday Thursday. [...]