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• Divorce and Separation
• Child Custody
• Child Support
• Restraining Orders
• Adoption
• GLBT Partners & Parents
• Marital Agreements

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GLBT Partners & Parents

Colorado does not yet recognize same-sex marriage. That means same-sex couples in Colorado must attempt to establish some mutual legal commitments and entitlements through contract law. I assist same-sex couples with both the establishment, and dissolution, of their long-term legal relationships.

If you have questions about the state of the law in this area, or how best to protect your rights and interests, please call (720) 201-3802 or schedule a consultation by clicking here.

GLBT Parenting Rights

Legal adoption during a relationship can save huge amounts of money and emotional pain later should your partner relationship terminate. Too often in same-sex partnerships two people share parenting responsibilities and roles, but only one person is actually a legal parent. Upon separation, that non-parent can find themselves with no parenting rights at all, no right to visitation, and essentially no relationship without the consent of the former partner.

Of course, the same scenario can happen to opposite sex couples. It does not happen as often because the state recognizes their marriages and presumes parent status based on marriage, etc. However, when this same situation happens to an unmarried opposite-sex couple, it is far easier to convince the court that it is seeing the dissolution of a family, and that the person without a formal legal parent-child relationship really fulfilled the role of parent to the child.

Progress is coming, slowly. But for now adoption avoids what can be an unnecessarily long and expensive fight later in which there is currently no guarantee that the person who has acted as a parent for years will ever see their child again. No matter how optimistic you may be about your relationship with your partner, there is simply no justification for taking a risk that devastating.

If you would like to adopt a child, find yourself fighting for parenting rights, or just have general questions about the rights of same-sex parents, call (720) 201-3802 to speak with an attorney, or submit your question directly by clicking here.