Tag: family law
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Colorado Supreme Court to evaluate test for alimony after remarriage
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will evaluate whether divorcing spouses must explicitly agree that alimony payments from one partner to the other will continue after one person remarries, or whether a “clear implication” will suffice. The purpose of alimony, known in Colorado as “spousal maintenance,” is to assist spouses who cannot be financially…
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Appeals judge asks Colorado Supreme Court to once again clarify magistrate rules
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court urged the state Supreme Court last week to revise confusing language in the rules governing magistrates, less than two weeks after an attempted cleanup of the rules took effect. Magistrates are judicial employees who are not judges but who handle aspects of cases in the trial courts. Litigants may consent…
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Colorado Supreme Court struggles with rubric for significant reductions in parenting time
The Colorado Supreme Court attempted to identify on Wednesday the circumstances under which judges may reduce the number of days a parent spends with their child post-divorce without it rising to the level of a “restriction” that requires more rigorous justification under the law. During oral arguments, some members expressed discomfort with a recent Court…
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Controversial parental evaluator faces suspension and warnings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado court administrators suspended parental evaluator Stephanie Norris from accepting court appointments after finding Norris failed to acknowledge an issue was beyond her competency when a judge appointed her to make custody recommendations in a contentious Moffat County case. The Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office…
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‘Not gonna pro bono our way out of this problem’: Justice Melissa Hart speaks about solving access to justice
Justice Melissa Hart and some of Colorado’s leading pro bono advocates spoke last month about the initiatives currently in place to provide legal assistance to unrepresented litigants, and delivered the message that more volunteer hours simply will not aid everyone who requires help. “We are not gonna pro bono our way out of this problem.…
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A lifeline inside and outside the courtroom: Colorado’s newly minted legal workers step into arena | COVER STORY
Last month, Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright looked out at the packed courtroom of the Colorado Supreme Court to usher in a historic moment in the state’s 148-year existence. “We are at a point where people need help. And we’re calling in the cavalry,” he said. Boatright proceeded to swear in the first class of…
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Ethics, family law and AI: Colorado’s justices, judges speak about appellate do’s and don’ts
During a pair of events earlier this month, one for young lawyers and one for appellate attorneys more broadly, several of Colorado’s judges and justices provided commentary on subjects ranging from professionalism and artificial intelligence to key developments within the judiciary. Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright also disclosed he will swear in Justice Monica M. Márquez on July…
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Q&A with Angela Arkin | Launch of Colorado’s licensed legal paraprofessional program underway
Last year, the Colorado Supreme Court approved a framework for a new legal occupation that can represent clients in limited circumstances without a law degree: licensed legal paraprofessionals. On April 30, the first class of LLPs will sit for an exam, and soon afterward will be able to handle aspects of divorce, custody and other…
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Jury awards $21.3M in damages in Colorado custody dispute involving false abuse allegations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury has awarded $21.3 million in damages after finding an ex-husband corruptly manipulated his Routt County divorce proceedings to gain full custody of his children by falsely alleging his ex-wife’s new fiancé sexually abused one of the children. The mother of the three children…
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Jury awards $21.3M in damages in Colorado custody dispute involving false abuse allegations
The successful lawsuit is the latest controversy to hit Colorado’s family court system.