Greeley Family Law Attorney

Few Colorado court matters are as personally, emotionally, and legally complex as family law cases in Greeley. When life decisions bring you to family court, the outcome of your case affects all aspects of your family’s daily life going forward.

With issues ranging from divorce to child adoption, you deserve representation by a well-respected family lawyer who combines compassionate legal counsel with assertive action to achieve the outcome you know is best for your family. Call the Greeley family law attorney in Greeley at The Law Office of Stephen Vertucci so we can take steps toward the right resolution in your case.

Why You Should Select The Law Office of Stephen Vertucci for Your Colorado Family Law Case In Greeley

The Greeley family law attorneys at The Law Office of Stephen Vertucci have dedicated their careers to assisting clients through sensitive, family-related legal matters with the most low-conflict approach possible in every case while we steadfastly protect every client’s best interests and desired outcome.

Representation by an attorney from The Law Office of Stephen Vertucci brings the following benefits to your family law matter in Greeley:

• Our history of representing hundreds of clients through some of the most personally and legally challenging times of their lives gives you the advantage of our experience, knowledge, and resources
• We are a results-oriented family law firm that always seeks the least adversarial strategy to protect your family while prioritizing our client’s goals
• Our trial-ready attorneys are willing to defend your family’s best interests with the least financial and emotional strain possible to uphold your goals without compromising your family’s dignity, peace, or safety

At The Law Firm of Stephen Vertucci, you’ll have the collaborative advantages of an entire legal team as well as the dedicated attention of the attorney seeing your case through to the best possible outcome.

What Family Law Cases Do We Handle at The Law Firm of Stephen Vertucci?

Family life is never static, but always changing and evolving. Still, maintaining your family’s sense of stability is crucial, even when challenges arise that require court involvement to resolve. Our Greeley family lawyers prioritize our client’s best interests and desired goals through all Colorado family court matters including the following:

• Divorce
• High-asset divorce
• Mediation
• Divorce settlement agreements
• Contested divorce
• Military divorce
• Legal separation
• Pre-nuptial agreements
• Post-nuptial agreements
• Child custody
• Paternity
• Child support
• Spousal support (Alimony)
• Adoption
• Modification of existing court orders 
• Child relocation
• Inheritance law
• Protective orders and emergency orders

When your family needs legal representation, turn to the family law firm in Greeley that makes protecting families their mission.

Understanding the Divorce Process In Colorado

At The Law Offices of Stephen Vertucci, we understand that you didn’t walk down the aisle imagining that your marriage would ever end in divorce, but life brings unexpected occurrences and changes over time that may lead spouses in different directions. In Colorado, there is no need to point fingers or prove fault in a divorce case.

Instead, under the state’s no-fault divorce law covered under C.R.S. 14-10-106(1)(a)(II), spouses may only file for divorce on the grounds that their marriage is “irretrievably broken.” In addition, it’s only necessary for one spouse to determine that the marriage is broken. The spouse who files for divorce becomes the petitioner in the case and the other spouse is the respondent. After a petitioner files and serves divorce papers to their spouse, the respondent has 21 days to file their response, or 35 days if they currently reside in another state. Less commonly, some spouses file for Colorado divorce together as co-petitioners.

Colorado has a 91-day waiting period for divorce, meaning a case cannot come before a judge in less than 91 days after filing the petition. During this time, spouses and their attorneys typically determine how the divorce will proceed based on whether or not they can communicate and compromise effectively to come to resolutions on disputes or if the case requires a trial. There are two types of divorces in Colorado.

Uncontested Divorce

In an uncontested divorce, spouses and their attorneys can reach agreements on all aspects of their divorce, often with the help of a professional mediator. This requires forming a settlement agreement covering the “fair and equitable” division of their marital property as required by Colorado law, a parenting plan for sharing custody of their children, child support under the state’s formula, and spousal support (alimony) if appropriate.

Once the spouses sign their agreement, their attorneys present it to a judge to sign it into binding orders in an uncontested divorce which does not require a trial.

Contested Divorce

There are times when it’s not possible or even advisable to compromise on disputed divorce issues, especially when they concern children. When spouses have one or more disputes they cannot resolve with a settlement agreement, the divorce becomes a contested divorce in which both parties present their arguments to a judge in court.

The judge carefully considers the arguments and evidence before making decisions on all disputed matters and signing those decisions into binding court orders while finalizing the dissolution of their marriage.

Deciding Child Custody In Colorado 

In child custody disputes, the Colorado courts uphold the standard of making all decisions in the child’s best interest. The court presumes that continued close contact with both parents is what is in a child’s best interest; however, this is a rebuttable presumption. If one parent seeks to limit or restrict the other parent’s access to the children, they must provide compelling evidence showing that it’s in their children’s best interest.

Typically, a judge will only limit or restrict a parent’s custody rights in cases of domestic abuse, serious child neglect, chronic addiction, or criminality. Otherwise, the state offers a variety of parenting time schedules for parents to choose from so they find the custody schedule that works best for their family.

Colorado Family Law In Greeley

Divorce is a complex process, often involving negotiations and litigation for matters of property division, child custody, and spousal support. Still, families experience many other types of legal matters between birth and death.

At The Law Office of Stephen Vertucci, we offer full family law services from creating a prenuptial agreement protecting each other’s assets while a couple is at their most loving and generous best toward each other, to forming an estate plan to ensure your family’s inheritance aligns with your goals. Having a compassionate family law attorney on your side through the many changes in family life means your family’s goals become our goals.

Call The Greeley Family Law Attorneys at The Law Offices of Stephen Vertucci, LLC

We understand the anxiety of bringing the legal world into something as personal as your family, but when the outcome of a family law case is critical for your family’s well-being, you can trust the Greeley family lawyers at the Law Offices of Stephen Vertucci.

We are ready to guide you through this challenging time so you emerge on the other side with the best possible outcome.  We are ready to help. Call our Greeley family lawyers today.