Glen B Goldman’s Answers

Go to the Colorado Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Unit. Since you have a court order that requires him to pay child support, they can assist you in collecting what he owes you. Information about how to contact CSE is available at https://www.childsupport.state.co.us. CSE has the authority to collect current and past due child support through many different enforcement remedies and they are usually pretty good at it. Each time an employer hires someone, the employer has to...

Colorado's is a no-fault state when it comes to divorce. That means, your spouse's behavior of cheating on you and drinking cannot be used against him in your divorce when dividing your assets and liabilities or in determining maintenance. However, his drinking and other behavior can be considered in determining how much parenting time he is provided. Postnuptial agreements in Colorado will typically be enforced as long as they are in writing and each party provided full disclosure...

Unfortunately, this is a very common problem when the separation agreement does not take into consideration what to do if one party is unable to refinance the house. The lender will not release a party from the mortgage unless the mortgage is paid off by a refinance or sale. You should contact a couple of mortgage brokers to see if a company will allow you to refinance without putting so much down. Glen Goldman, Attorney

You and you children have just as much right to stay in your house as your husband. He cannot force you to move out. He is being a bully. You should retain an attorney as soon as possible and look at getting temporary orders in place and getting an order from the court that sets forth who can stay in the house. Since you are rasing the children in the house, it it hightly likely that you will get to stay in the house. But each case is different and you should hire an attorney to help you...

After initial parenting time is established, the Court is more stringent in determining whether you can relocate with your child. In a case involving modification to an existing custody agreement, the Court will consider three competing interests: 1). The majority time parent’s right to travel; 2). The minority time parent’s right to parent; and 3). The children’s best interests. The court will look at 21 factors to determine if relocation is in the child’s best interests. The factors...

The income of your new wife cannot be used to determine your child support obligation to your children. When the court looks at modifying child support, the court will consider your income, your ex-wife's income, and the number of nights the children spend with each parent. If, however, someone is underemployed, and being supported by someone else, or not working very hard, the Court has the authority to impute income to a parent and use that figure to determine child support. Glen B....

The ability to reolcate with your child requires a court order allowing such. Relocating with a child can be a very difficult issue to resolve. Keep in mind that relocating does not mean you are moving from Colorado to another state. You are relocating whenever you move your children “to a residence that substantially changes the geographical ties between the child and the other party.” A move from Denver to Durango or Denver to Colorado Springs would certainly change those ties, but what...

That is a very good question and very hard to answer with any certainty. Although the Judge is required to determine the best interests of your child by considering the list of factors I will set forth below-it it a very undefinable standard and it can be very difficult to predict which facts and factors will persuade a judge to either leave parenting time the same or to modify parenting time. However, if someone wants a signfiicant change of parenting, they should be ready to demonstrate...

In Colorado, neither spouse has an automatic right to maintenance. And, one spouse's fault regarding the divorce is irrelevant. The court may award maintenance only if it finds that the spouse seeking maintenance lacks sufficient property to meet their reasonable needs and, in addition, is either unable to support themselves through appropriate employment or should not be required to seek employment because of child care responsibilities. In Colorado, if maintenance is awarded, the amount...

As set forth by Mr. Leroi, if one party wants a divorce, the court will grant the divorce. The court will mandate mediation to help resolve divorce issues, but the court will not mandate counseling to help prevent the divorce.