Windsor, CO Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

It is important to understand that the mandate to complete of a parenting class (in a Colorado domestic relations case) is a Court-Ordered requirement. Classes are offered online at a relatively low cost, so there is really no excuse for not complying with the Court's Order. Incidentally, I have many clients that say they get great benefit from taking the class. There are several approaches for you to take in addressing this issue. 1) Do nothing. This is the Court's Order. If the Judge or Magistrate handling the case wants to deal with non-compliance, he/she can. 2) Raise the Issue with the Court. You can raise it verbally at a status conference when you are in front of a Judge, or you can file a simple Notice (i.e. Notice of Non-Compliance)? basically informing the Court that the other party has not complied. The Court will very likely enforce its Order before approving of any parenting time. 3) Force Compliance. You can file a contempt motion with the Court. This will insure compliance. Overall, the parenting class is intended for the benefit of the children (and parents). My experience is that the Court, unless the issue is accidentally overlooked, is simply not going to tolerate non-compliance. If a parent wants the Court to grant him/her parental rights, he/she should expect that the Court will require compliance with relatively simple, easy-to-comply with Orders.

Property owned before your marriage is generally considered separate property and not divided in a divorce. However, in your particular case, it may be that your parents' gift could be considered a gift to both of you since they allowed her to put her name on the deed.Also, even if the gift were exclusively to you, you probably commingled it by putting that money into a jointly owned house. You could possibly make an equitable argument about it being yours, at least as to the initial payment; however, it's more likely that a judge would rule you had commingled it and thereby let it lose its status as separate property.