What Is Adoption? Adoption effectively bestows all of the legal rights and obligations on the adopting adult(s) that they would have if they were the birth parents of the child. Colorado has specific statutory provisions for “custodial” and “kinship” adoptions as well as “step-parent” and “2nd Parent” adoptions. Adoptions that fall within these categories can […]

What Is Collaborative Law? Collaborative Law is a new and exciting concept in Family Law. It has been in existence in the U.S. for many years and is used in Canada as well. Kurtz & Peckham, PC is a member of Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals and Rocky Mountain Collaborative Law Professionals. The Collaborative Process is […]

We Are Denver’s Experienced Divorce Lawyers Overview Of Colorado Divorce From start to finish, a divorce case (dissolution of marriage) takes anywhere from three months to over a year, depending on the court (the county where the parties reside), the parties’ approaches, and the complexity of the case.The soonest you can be divorced is ninety […]

UPDATED COLORADO MAINTENANCE LAW Effective 1/1/2014 Section 14-10-114 of Colorado Revised Statutes provides new statutory, advisory guidelines for Maintenance payments from one spouse to the other in marriages that are at least (3) years in duration. There are now numeric guidelines for the District Court to consider after determining a party is a candidate for […]

There are many misconceptions about divorce that should be dispelled. First, regardless of your own point of view, divorce is a fact of contemporary American society. 43% of first marriages will end in divorce. Although undergoing a divorce can be very painful for both parents and children, there are a great many ways this pain […]

Parental Responsibility (fka Child Custody) and Parenting Time Often the most painful and most passionate issue in any divorce, paternity case or other family break-up is the issue of how to handle the children. Who they will live with, who will be responsible for child-rearing decisions and how often and under what circumstances “parenting time” […]

Pre-Marital & Marital Agreements in Colorado- Do You Need One? What is a Marital Agreement? The purpose of a Marital Agreement, whether before marriage (pre-maritial) or after, is to alter the effect of the statutory law and case law on the parties’ property whether acquired prior to the marriage or during. Most Marital Agreements also […]

See the Colorado Judicial Branch’s website for a list of Parenting Classes by County and to search for Parenting Class Resources by City.

Current Status Of Same Sex Marriage & Divorce In Colorado On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al. (No. 14-556; cite: 576 U.S.) ruled that the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires a state to license a marriage between two people […]

Family Law Services: Consulting Attorney – Unbundled Legal Services Colorado District Court Judges and Magistrates consistently suggest that attorneys in the areas of Divorce, Paternity, Parenting Time (and Parental Responsibilities), as well as other Family Law matters , take clients on a consulting or limited representation basis. Many people want to handle their Family Law […]