Recent Posts in Equitable Distribution Category
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 By Divorce Help Center
Get Financially prepared before divorce. When you go from a dual income hosuehold to a single income household, the financial change can be traumatizing. While many people's first thought when ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
7 Reasons to Consider Mediation: Save Money – When working with Scott Baroway, you get a professional family law mediator who has over 25 years of legal experience, who is available to talk with ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Mediation Myths – Part 1 Mediation is TOO expensive – Mr. Baroway tends to charge less than lawyers as they are not required to appear in court with you. Additionally, the parties often ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Understanding the basics of various insurance policies is important when going through the divorce process. As you have probably had joint policies on everything with your spouse, after the divorce, ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
As a divorced spouse, you my be entitled to receive Social Security benefits based upon your ex's earning hsitory if you meet a number of criteria. This is true, even if your spouse remarries ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Why Divorce Mediation Fails. Despite all the advantages of mediation, my experience has shown there are three main reasons why the mediation process fails in a divorce case. If you aware of them and ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
In part 2 of this segment on financial planning after divorce, here are a few more tips for surviving after the financial pinch of divorce. Start right now. Get the new financial planning momentum ...
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Posted on Feb 29, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Post Divorce Financial Planning - Part 1 After your divorce is finalized, you must put effort into restarting your long term financial plans. No doubt this life change has reduced your disposable ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
The divorce process, even in the most amicable situations, requires both parties to gain a complete understanding of the marital finances. If you do not know everything about your financial situation, ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
In all likelihood, divorce is a new world for you to navigate through. During all the confusion that comes with process, the last thing you are probably concerned about is your credit score. However, ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Often times at Mediation Partners, we get calls asking about the benefits of using mediation to settle their divorce. Many are concerned that the opposing party will take advantage of the situation, ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Surviving the holidays after or during a divorce can be a very difficult time. This is escpecially trus if you have children. Here a couple tips to make surviving the season a bit earlier. 1) ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Temporary Maintenance/Spousal Support in a divorce case is for the period of time between the filing of the case and the court approving the final permanent orders. C.R.S. 14-10-114(2)(b)(I)(A) ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Even the most most amicable divorces stir up strong emotions, especially when there are kids involved. A professional divorce mediator can often help the parties deal with both the legal aspects and ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Going over and over why your marriage did not work presents emotional roadblocks in allowing yourself to move forward in your life. I like the idea of giving YOUR MARRIAGE A FUNERAL to help your ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 2005. Their separation agreement, which was incorporated into the decree, provided that husband’s military retirement benefits were marital property ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
The Social Security Act contains an anti-assignment clause that prohibits assignment of benefits even in a divorce. Therefore a divorce court cannot order distribution of part of a spouse's future ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Although marketability discounts have been disallowed in other areas of the law, family law is unique and the legislature has recognized this by creating unique rules to be applied to divorce ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
In dividing marital property, if the parties cannot agree, then a court must determine the the approximate current value of the property owned by the parties. Contact the Divorce Help Center and let a ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
In Colorado, the Court of Appeals recently ruled that accrued vacation time and sick time are not marital assets. While enforceable contractual rights do constitute marital property, interests that ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Marital property does not include property that a party possessed prior to the marriage. However, if premarital property is placed into a joint tenancy account or asset during the marriage, it ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Evidence of the tax assessment value of a marital home may be considered as proper evidence of the actual value of the home when determining the marital equity in the home. In fact, additional weight ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Valuation of separate property of the parties is often a difficult and complicated situation. Contact a Colorado Divorce Mediator to discuss the specifics of your case. Separate property consists of ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
The statutory mandate to distribute property equitably does not require equality. A Denver Divorce Mediation mediator can assist you is discussing the relavant factors involved in reaching this ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Parties are not required to spend all their savings or exhaust all their marital assests before becoming eligible for spousal support. A Denver Divorce Mediator can help you evaluate your particular ...
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