Seeing Through The Smoke Of Your Marijuana Rights When Parenting In Colorado

You have legally-protected constitutional right to parent your children and in Colorado you now also have the Constitutional right to smoke pot. While you may have an ounce of bud on you without getting in trouble, how exactly will those protecting your rights weigh these 2 competing interests? What rights

Pot And Parenting in Colorado: Still Not Cool Dude

While Colorado is hyped on the legalization of marijuana, Colorado judges and child advocates still aren’t high when deciding what’s in your child’s best interests. I’m not writing this to take an ethical or medical stance on pot and parenting – I’m just a lawyer who often advocates for and

Parental Responsibility is not won in the courtroom.

Parental Responsibility is the term now used for custody issues in Family Law in Colorado. If parents would spend more time – and money – on fixing the problems that infect the child’s relationship with either parent instead of paying lawyers to fight about what a terrible parent the other

3 actions Parents need to take during the Divorce process.

These actions will help to Save Your Children and Restructure your Family through the divorce process. Parenting through divorce is the same as parenting in a marriage – It’s about the children first! Divorce happens between partners in a marriage it doesn’t mean proper parenting goes away. Parenting during and

5 considerations when discussing Parenting Plans.

Here are 5 considerations when discussing Parenting Plans Does your child want to be in one home more than another? What day and time is best for exchanges? Does living in one place half of the time severely impact a friendship or quality time with others she needs right now?

Parenting Plans- a key resource to create one.

Finding a valuable resource for creating a parenting plan is important and can lessen your stress when dealing with your divorce. An excellent resource on parenting plans that I recommend, is Ms. Joan McWilliams who has written the book “Parenting Plans for Families After Divorce.” Ms. McWilliams is a highly

Spring Break- Questions about Parenting Time

Spring Break is often a trigger for parenting time disputes. Who were they with last year? Did they do anything during their break? What activities or events did they have to miss at the other parent’s home? It is a good idea to discuss Spring Break and Summer parenting time