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Phone: (970) 494-1700

Address: 19 Old Town Sq Ste 238, Fort Collins, CO 80524

Website: http://www.northerncoloradofamilylaw.com

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Divorce
Picking the lawyer that will represent you is one of the most important decisions that you will make in your divorce case. You should try to find a lawyer who is skilled, smart, and who regularly handles family law and divorce cases. You want someone who is responsive and willing to communicate with you throughout the divorce process. Ask for recommendations from your friends, family, and coworkers, but in the end, trust your own judgment and instincts.
Child Support
For unmarried parents or non-parents in certain circumstances, you must determine parental responsibilities and child support for your children. Jennifer represents unmarried individuals and individuals who have or had physical care of the children.
Child Custody and Visitation
In Colorado, these issues used to be known as “custody” or “child custody” and “visitation.” Colorado law focuses on the best interests of the children in parenting time (the time the children spend with each parent) and decision making (how decisions regarding children are made). A Child and Family Investigator or a Parental Responsibilities Evaluator may be needed in your case. Jennifer can provide valuable insight for how these choices might affect your case. You deserve a knowledgeable attorney to help you through this process and reduce the emotional impact of the issues on the children.
Adoption
Paternity
Premarital Agreement
We represent clients with Premarital Agreements. Premarital Agreements are also known as Prenuptial Agreements. Premarital Agreements are signed prior to a marriage or civil union and are between individuals who intend to marry.
Guardianship
A non-relative may adopt a child if they have had the child in their physical care for a year or longer, they have legal custody or guardianship of the child, and the birth parents have abandoned or failed to pay child support for a year or longer.
Spousal Support
In Colorado, this issue used to be known as “alimony.” Colorado understands that the economic lives of spouses are connected and it may be appropriate to have a period of adjustment when the spouses’ incomes are blended. Your case may require a vocational evaluation to help establish what income can be earned by a spouse. There are also tax considerations for payment and receipt of maintenance.
Legal Separation
In Colorado, a Legal Separation has some important differences from a Divorce or Dissolution. You should understand how Parties living apart from each other and a formal Legal Separation are different.
Child Abuse
A CFI can investigate any or all issues in a custody case. These issues may include primary residence, parenting time, decision-making, allegations of endangerment/child abuse, and relocation. The CFI’s duties are to investigate the current situation, including meeting with the child(ren), to file a report with the Court, and to testify, if necessary concerning his or her investigation. The CFI Report is intended to be brief and focused. A CFI Report can usually be completed in 2-3 months. Once the investigation is complete, the CFI will submit their report to the Court. The recommendations of the CFI are not orders of the Court — the recommendations are considered just like any other evidence presented by a Party. However, oftentimes, the Court does follow the CFI’s recommendations or uses them as a guide for their orders.

Restraining Order
In Colorado, Protection Orders used to be known as “Restraining” Orders. A Protective Order is a Court Order prohibiting one party from contacting or coming within a certain distance of another party. The standard for obtaining or defending against a Protection Order is whether the victim has been subjected to violence or threats of violence from the other person. Protection Orders can be obtained in the County Court and also the District Court (Family Court). Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. §922 (d)(8) and (g)(8), if the Court finds grounds to issue a protection order and the restrained person is an intimate partner of the protected person, the restrained person may be prevented from owning or purchasing firearms or ammunition.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
1. Know what you have. You need to be aware of what assets you’ve got. Consider making copies of every financial statement and document you can find. Any tax return, bank or retirement account, credit card statement, or estate planning document may be helpful. Clients are always surprised when these papers mysteriously disappear. If you need to have your lawyer track down the information, it can get very expensive and time consuming. Figure out whose name or names are on the real estate, vehicles, loans, and credit cards.

Tax Law
6. Talk taxes. Many aspects of divorce and dividing property involve tax issues. Currently, maintenance or alimony is tax deductible by the payor (one who pays) and is taxable income to the payee (one who is paid). Under the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017, repeal of the alimony tax deduction shall affect alimony obligations that arise from Court Orders and agreements made after December 31, 2018. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does not consider voluntary payments of alimony or maintenance to be true “alimony.” The payments must be in cash or a form of cash (check, money order). Transfer of services or use of property does not qualify as alimony. Child support payments are neither deductible by the payer nor taxable to the payee. Also consider whether you are receiving in the divorce an asset that will have appreciated. Remember when you sell an appreciated asset, you pay capital gains tax on the increase. So you will pay capital gains tax based on the value of the asset when it was purchased jointly (during the marriage) not when you received the property in the divorce. So an asset that has appreciated may be worth less in the long run than cash or an asset that has not appreciated.

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