Living your best life involves a series of trade-offs.
Important freedoms such as economic equality and birth control have dramatically changed the family dynamics in our society. The relaxed pace of having a stay at home mom, lots of kids to play with after school, the enhanced safety of a nuclear family… these things have changed. Instead of siblings, we have organized team sports. You get the picture.
These changes have brought tremendous good: the challenge, since...
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If every couple I mediated with for divorce or post-divorce modifications understood these principles, healing would begin to change the dynamic between them and flow through to their children and communities. Mediation is often the format where such conversations begin. Call Judy Larkins to discuss your situation. Whether you are trying to make agreements to repair your marriage, needing to begin the process to divorce in a respectful manner, or addressing parenting or...
Maintenance in Colorado is by statute beginning January 2014. A copy of the statute follows:
Concerning Guidelines for the Determination of Spousal Maintenance
Signed into law May 10, 2013
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NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/10/2013.
HOUSE BILL 13-1058
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCann, Buckner, Court, Fischer, Hullinghorst, Kagan, Labuda, Levy, McLachlan, Mitsch Bush, Pabon, Schafer, Young, Fields, Ryden; also SENATOR(S) Kerr, Aguilar, Guzman,...
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
Money management, lack of money, differing priorities about money, choosing to save or spend… Money disputes can pave the path to divorce, and lack of money can be a huge challenge after divorce. Regardless of how much you make, if you divide the total family income in half and double the financial obligations to support two separate households, there are...
Does divorce have to break a family completely, or can a family emerge from a split in a restructured form that is healthy and hopeful? Similar to debt restructure in bankruptcy, restructuring a life can be painful, uncertain, promising, challenging, and ultimately either provide a new framework for a satisfying life OR lead down to a path of destruction. Viability is determined not by the decision to restructure, but by the careful planning and steps taken after the...
