Denver Divorce Attorney Blog
Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By April Jones Law
1. Resolve conflicts without putting kids in the middle. This requires being objective about your children's needs (and not confusing them with your own) and compromising when the situation ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
Fathers Rights When two people divorce and there are children involved, two things generally happen. Either one of the parents will gain custody of the children and the other will pay child support, ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
It is time to look past winter and start planning for your spring break with your blended family. This is the best time of all, as our younger kids and step kids are off from school, and our college ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
Children do better in life if both parents remain involved in their lives following divorce. And nonresidential parents--the parents that the children don’t live with--are "single ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
A recent national survey showed that more mothers are now the parent making child support payments. This is a shift from the traditional thought that women receive primary physical custody of children ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
My husband gained custody of his three children (12, 10, and 6) two years ago. We live out of state from their mom and she was ordered to pay their travel costs for visitation. She has yet to get them ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
Cooperative co-parenting with your ex can give your children continued stability and close relationships with both parents—but it certainly isn’t easy. In reality, putting aside ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
The clients who come to me for help in letting go and moving on after their divorces discover that acceptance, a mandatory step in divorce recovery , comes in two stages. First, we work to accept the ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
We've probably all been there. We're having a conversation with another mom with kids similar in age to ours and talking about our life with littles. We probably don't know this mom super ...
Continue reading "5 Lies Moms Tell Each Other" »
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
Not well, says a recently dumped Jake—not well at all. Allow him to explain the six stages of male-ego grief. (And forgive him if a couple of them involve alcohol.) I take out my phone. I stare ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
The most common disputes that wind up on my desk involve squabbles over custody and visitation rights: in other words; who has the children and when. Although the courts normally award joint legal ...
Continue reading "VISITATION AND THE INFLEXIBLE "EX"" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
Calling it "a year full of challenges," actress Halle Berry admitted that she was finally satisfied to be at the end of a lengthy child custody dispute with her ex-partner Gabriel Aubry. ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
A "divorce hangover" is the unfinished emotional experience of a divorce. This hangover can be healed: divorce doesn't have to be a permanent state of being, a condition that keeps you ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
As I drove to my doctor's office for a routine checkup, I had a mission. I wanted to ask about the option of freezing my eggs. I half-wished that he would just tell me that I'm too old, my ...
Continue reading "Eggs: To Freeze or Not to Freeze?...An Exercise in Fertility" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
Turns out even supermodels suffer from broken hearts. According to The Daily News , Tyra Banks is coping with her recent split from her boyfriend of three years by jetting off to Bali à la ...
Continue reading "6 of The Best Ways to Heal a Broken Heart" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
Facebook has changed the way you plan your wedding. Here are five common social mishaps and how to avoid them from the moment you say "yes." 1. Someone in your family found out on Facebook. ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
A new breed of would-be bride is on the rise. They're designing wedding invitations, looking at rings, and dreaming about their big day — now all they need is a groom Kat Richter, 26, a ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By April Jones Law
Alan Meltzer Chauffeur Money , Being the founder of a successful record label usually means earning good coin. Such was the case for Alan Meltzer, the former chairman and co-founder of Wind-Up ...
Continue reading "Millionaire Stiffs ex-wife, leaves cash to chauffeur and doorman" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
Thinking of moving in with your partner but hearing an earful from your mother? Meet your ammunition: A new study in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family found that cohabitating ...
Continue reading "Study: Couples Living Together Are Happier Than Married Couples" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
A former elementary school teacher in Los Angeles has been arrested for allegedly molesting nearly two dozen children after photos of students posed in bondage positions were passed to the ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
Anna Kimball is a 7-year-old girl in Allen, Texas. She and her younger brother Carson are incredibly close, and they participate in a number of the same after-school activities. One of those is ...
Continue reading "7-year-old Anna Kimball kicked off baseball team just because she's a girl" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
If you total every expense from child care and health care to groceries and recreation, the first 18 years of a child's life can cost a small fortune -- $190,528 to be exact. Child care alone can ...
Continue reading "5 Reasons One Parent Should Stay at Home" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
When you tied the knot, you did so out of love (at least we hope so) and the desire to spend your days with this incredible person who completely "gets" and accepts you. But there's a ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By April Jones Law
If you total every expense from child care and health care to groceries and recreation, the first 18 years of a child's life can cost a small fortune -- $190,528 to be exact. Child care alone can ...
Continue reading "5 Reasons One Parent Should Stay at Home" »
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By April Jones Law
What women want in relationships is really quite simple. Besides the meaning of life and the ingredients of hot dogs, many a man has questioned "what exactly do women want?" We're not ...
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