A Colorado 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 evolved…
Colorado No Fault Divorce Law -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…
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 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 About Folkestad Fazekas At Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., we have experienced teams of family law lawyers who…
ALERT – Co Court of Appeals – Deadline for NOTICE OF APPEAL increased from 45 to 49 days (eff. 7/1/12) (Posted Date: 6/21/2012) CAR 4(a) provides for the notice of appeal to be filed with the appealate court and a copy to be served upon the trial court. The time for filing the notice of…
An individual taxpayer must elect from one of four tax-filing statuses when filing his or her return: Married filing jointly; Married filing separately; Head of Household; or Single To determine which status to elect, the individual taxpayer must look to the criteria set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. See IRS Publication 504 and consult…