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Divorce is a tumultuous and emotionally taxing process. If you suspect your spouse is hiding assets to undermine your share of the marital property division, you need to protect yourself and ensure you receive a fair divorce settlement. The following provides information about guarding yourself against spousal nondisclosure and hidden assets in a Colorado divorce….

Next to the marital home, retirement accounts are among the most considerable marital assets. This includes public and private pensions. Colorado is an equitable division state. Therefore, pensions and other marital property are equitably divided between spouses upon divorce. An equitable division is based on fairness, not equality. The following article outlines how a Colorado…

In Colorado, the court divides marital property “equitably” between divorcing spouses. An equitable division of marital property is as close to fair as possible, but it is not necessarily equal. Colorado’s equitable division laws apply to both marital assets and debts. Spouses are encouraged to reach a mutually acceptable property agreement for the court’s approval…

What is a Prenup? A prenup or prenuptial agreement is a legal contract signed by future spouses before marriage created by the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act in 1983. Colorado adopted this act in 2014 under Colorado Stat. §14-2-301. A prenup defines property rights and financial obligations between future spouses. It designates the division of…

Spousal maintenance in Colorado is court-ordered financial support paid by one spouse to another. Spousal maintenance may be ordered during a divorce action or upon the legal pronouncement of a divorce. To receive spousal maintenance in Boulder, the spouse desiring support must ask the court for a spousal maintenance order. The court will then determine…