Great news for divorced (or just single) parents in the Air Force - effective this month, the Air Force will now take into consideration child custody orders when determining duty stations, which means co-parents should have an easier time getting assignments nearer to their children, or remaining on station if the kids live in the same area the Airman already lives in.
Read our blog post for more information: https://www.graham.law/blog/air-force-child-custody-orders-assignments
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Air Force Child Custody: Win for Divorced Airmen Assignments
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Putative spouse claims, already pretty rare, are going to get even rarer, as the Colorado Court of Appeals just held that a person cannot claim to be a putative spouse after a busted common law marriage claim.
https://www.graham.law/blog/putative-spouse-vs-common-law-marriage
I did it - applying to become a fellow in the AAML was a grueling process, but in the end, worthwhile as I just learned last week I was accepted. Now we just need a few more Colorado Springs members...
https://www.graham.law/blog/carl-graham-named-fellow-in-aaml
Don't lie to the custody evaluator! A mother in a parenting case gave the CFI a forged email from her then-husband, purporting to threaten her. He reported her to the police (who, surprisingly, investigated), and she was ultimately convicted of attempting to influence a public official and forgery.
Learn more on our blog: https://www.graham.law/blog/giving-custody-evaluator-false-document-crime
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are modifiable, and Melania Trump reportedly forced a renegotiation of their prenuptial agreement using leverage gained upon Trump's election.
https://www.graham.law/blog/if-melania-modified-her-prenuptial-agreement-can-i
A parent who is receiving SSDI benefits cannot be ordered to name the other parent as his representative payee, even when that parent is incarcerated, as held recently by the Colorado Court of Appeals. See our blog post for a more in-depth discussion of the case.
https://www.graham.law/blog/court-cannot-order-social-security-payee
A rare case from the Colorado Court of Appeals which held that separate property funds deposited into a jointly-titled account remained that spouse's separate property. Key to defeating the marital property claim was that the other spouse never touched the account during marriage, showing that both of them treated the funds as the spouse's separate property.
Read our latest blog post for more information: https://www.graham.law/blog/joint-title-separate-property-divorce
Per today's Chief Judge Order, the El Paso County Courthouse is again closed to the public, except for very limited "Public Safety Matters". See our updated blog post for more details.
https://www.graham.law/blog/colorado-family-law-services-during-covid-19
You're a great parent - the kids all get A's while in your care, you drive them to their activities, and spend time with them. But you hate the other parent, and are not afraid to show it. Being a bad co-parent is not just bad for the kids, it hurts your child custody case, no matter how good a parent you otherwise are.
See our latest blog post for examples of what not to do.
https://www.graham.law/blog/good-vs-bad-co-parenting-in-a-colorado-divorce