Family Law
Child Custody
Protecting your bond with your children through parental responsibilities.
Colorado no longer uses the word “custody.” Instead, courts allocate “parental responsibilities,” which include parenting time (the schedule) and decision-making authority (education, healthcare, and religion). Every decision is measured against one standard: the best interests of the child.
These cases are emotional and consequential. We help you present yourself as the stable, involved parent you are, build a parenting plan that works in real life, and protect your relationship with your children against unfair attacks.
- Allocation of parental responsibilities
- Parenting time schedules and holidays
- Sole and joint decision-making disputes
- Relocation and out-of-state moves
- Modification of existing orders
- Enforcement of parenting time
Time with your kids
The parenting schedule defines how much time you spend with your children.
Decision authority
Decision-making determines who controls major choices in a child’s life.
Stability
A workable plan protects your children from ongoing conflict.
Future changes
Orders can be modified, but only under specific standards.
We build your case around the statutory best-interest factors, documenting your involvement, your home environment, and your ability to support the child’s relationship with the other parent.
When experts such as Child and Family Investigators or evaluators are involved, we prepare you thoroughly and, where needed, challenge findings that do not reflect reality.
No. The law is gender-neutral and focuses solely on the best interests of the child. Both parents start on equal footing.
Yes. Courts encourage parents to agree on a plan. We help you negotiate one that works and hold up in court if it is contested.
Yes, when circumstances change. Modifications of parenting time and decision-making are subject to specific legal standards that we can explain for your situation.