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One of the most sensitive parts of a divorce is children. Both vulnerable and impressionable, it is very easy for children to be adversely affected by high level of tension and even hostility that comes out of divorce proceedings. Even when parents are fighting for their children’s best interests, the fight itself can leave children confused or emotionally wounded. Though a parent means well, they can cause lasting harm. Preserving a child’s well-being is our firm’s highest priority in every case involving children.

Because we are committed to the well-being of children and their families, we have made available extensive resources to help parents understand what their children are going through in a divorce. Using these resources, parents may be better equipped to protect their children from the pain and confusion that comes from the breaking up of the family. Even in an amicable situation, children will require careful handling and understanding—without this, your relationship with your children can be damaged for years to come. So, please utilize our resources and protect your children from undue stress through your divorce.

Children & Divorce

When the court considers the best interests of the children in an Allocation of Parental Responsibilities case, and the children involved are infants or toddlers, many courts will designate one parent as the primary caregiver based on the “Attachment Theory”. The basic premise of the Attachment ...
Divorce can be a difficult and emotionally turbulent experience for parents. For children who may not understand the process or fully grasp the gravity of its impact on their futures, divorce can also be a confusing and tumultuous time. While most adults approach divorce with the intent of reshaping ...
About Creative Counseling Center Are your kids experiencing anxiety, a sense of overwhelming sadness or loneliness? If so, contact us by email of phone, we are here to help! We provide counseling services to children ages 2 and up, and also for teens, and adults. We specialize in childhood trauma ...
During custody litigation, parental decisions are often under a microscope. The smallest and most innocent parental decisions can be fuel in arguing primary parent status. Primary parent status not only allows the primary parent majority of overnight parenting time with the child, it can also allow ...
Recent CFI Changes In Colorado, the role of the Child and Family Investigator (CFI) is to investigate, report, and make recommendations as specifically directed by the court in the appointment order. C.R.S. 14-10-116.5(2). In performing his or her duties, the CFI is required to take into ...
If you are a parent in an unhappy marriage, one of your main concerns is probably deciding what is best for your children. Many couples stay together purely for the sake of their children. While this impulse is very generous, couples have to consider whether raising children in a home where the ...
Although you cannot completely protect your child from the impact of divorce, there are things you can do to help her get through it in a healthier manner and one in which you lessen her risk of significant trauma. Start Your Own Healing Process When you deal with your own grief in a positive and ...
Divorce affects all family members, and minor children often have a difficult time understanding why Mommy and Daddy no longer want to live together. While older children may understand the concepts of falling out of love, infidelity and irreconcilable differences, they may still need help coping ...
By Jacob Allen You don't tell your child everything about your life, and you don't need to introduce them to everyone you know. If you have dated a person for several weeks following your divorce, you do not have to keep your dates a secret, but delay introducing this person to your children until ...
While many couples hope to part amicably, it’s an unfortunate fact that most divorces are contentious. With contention often comes parental alienation, which is the act of pitting one parent against the other when the couple has children. If you are facing divorce or are in the process of divorce, ...
Loving contact and connection are fundamental to every parent/child relationship. Unfortunately, some families never had that important bond with each other, and other families lose contact over time. It can be difficult to build a healthy connection between a child and parent without support and ...
The issue of “children’s rights” is clearly at the forefront of American jurisprudence today. However, it is only fairly recently that these issues have finally come to be prominently discussed by lawyers, judges, and legislatures. In fact, our common law history inherited from England treated ...
If you are unclear on how best to explain divorce to your children, consult this guide of words that will help you put your complicated family situation into simpler terms. You can also browse our list of frequently asked questions about divorce for answers to other questions and concerns. Child ...
Let your children know that the divorce is between you and your spouse and that they did not cause your separation. Your children need to know that they are not responsible for the divorce and cannot remedy the issues between you, and parents need to be open-minded about how divorce affects children ...
"The best interests of the children" is a phrase used in Colorado family law matters to determine the division of parental responsibilities. The Colorado courts consider many factors to define the best interests of the children involved, but perhaps the most important is if parents actions indicate ...

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