Debts & Assets
Parenting Plans
Support
Denver Divorce Services:
Mediation & Domestic Arbitration
for Family Matters
Restructure your Family while Balancing Cost, Efficiency, and Quality
Pro se Parties can complete their entire divorce in mediation for about $1,500 per spouse.
If you are considering a separation or divorce, you may have a lot of questions and some anxiety about how to meet the needs of all family members during and after the transition. Mediation is a meaningful way to explore all that is possible in restructuring your family.
*Pro se means someone represents themself before the court, rather than having an attorney represent them.
Making Changes After the Divorce is Final:
Colorado Mediators & Arbitrators supports restructured families that need to modify existing court orders.
- Make a change to child support when employment changes: wage increases or decreases, terminations, new positions. If a change in employment generates a 10% or greater increase or decrease in child support, you may petition for a modification in child support.
- Adjust existing parenting plans or address non-compliance with the current court order. Common issues related to school enrollment, decision-making, shared expenses, and healthy communication.
- Modify Maintenance due to retirement or sustained income shifts
- To comply with a court order for modification and enforcement
We offer Mediation to change an existing Colorado court order. Parties negotiate disputed issues, consider and develop possibilities for settlement and put into writing, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding or MOU, the new terms that are agreed upon. The written agreements require each party’s agreement and signature. A Mediator does not have the authority to impose a decision on the parties – the parties must agree.
How Mediation Support Restructured Families:
Mediation is a superior, comprehensive approach to addressing all areas of divorce. All parties have a voice in creating an agreement that works, which increases compliance with its terms and conditions, and a greater degree of satisfaction when the negotiation process is complete.
There are 4 basic categories that mediation effectively addresses:
Division of Debts & Assets: credit cards, retirement accounts, investments, real estate holdings, dividing family-owned businesses
Parenting Plan Agreements: parenting schedules, decision-making, ordinary & extraordinary expense sharing, communication, and optionally college expenses
Financial Support: Child Support and Spousal Support (called Maintenance in Colorado; commonly referred to as Alimony)
Document Preparation for Pro se, non-contested divorce in Colorado: Negotiated agreements are drafted in party-approved language by the Mediator, then edited and approved by the parties prior to submitting the documents to the court. The final agreement is called a Memorandum of Understanding or MOU. Having one document to refer to for all orders is convenient for the parties.
The Mediator collaborates with the parties throughout the negotiation and drafting process to create a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding / MOU. This document addresses all substantive points related to division of debts and assets, parenting plans, child support and maintenance.
Additionally, parties may mediate the dispensation of the family-owned business and additional real estate holdings beyond the marital residence.
Mediation is routinely used for modifications & changes to existing Court Orders for child support, parenting plans, financial disputes, and other post-divorce disputes.
“In 75 Percent of Colorado’s Domestic Cases… Neither Party had an Attorney.”
The Importance of Meeting in Person...
The best results for divorce and family matters are achieved when in the same room physically. Web conferencing reduces communication to sound bites; we lose out on many non-verbal clues while communicating on technological platforms: sensing another’s energy, eye contact between participants, reactions such as resistance or agreement. These nuances are palpable in a physical space that is shared.
Web conferencing is used in mediation and arbitration when required by a restraining order, COVID, geographical distance of parties, safety concerns or travel restrictions.
Modify Child Support or Parenting Plan
When the time comes to change or modify existing court orders, the last thing you want is to start the litigation or court process all over again. We help restructured families modify child support and/or parenting plan provisions.
We have helped hundreds of families throughout the years modify, change, or enforce court orders for Child Support, Parenting Plans, and/or Maintenance (Alimony.)
Parties may choose to utilize either Mediation or Domestic Arbitration.
Need assistance? Changes can be quickly & professionally completed keeping budgets in mind.
We offer Mediation and Domestic Arbitration Services for Modification, Termination, or Changes to:
- Parenting Plans: schedules, expenses, activities, decision making
- Child Support: employment and income adjustments that support a 10% change in the child support amount
- Maintenance: termination, extraordinary circumstances
Or to address:
- Non-Compliance with Current Court Orders
We have developed a vibrant mediation practice by focusing on our client’s needs, accommodating their schedules when time is of the essence, and listening carefully while drafting each agreement to the specific qualifications of each party, in order to capture the heart of the matter.
One of our primary roles is as a generator of options for our clients. The best of these options are developed between the participants in mediation, with a goal of settling the disputed matters at hand.
Mediation is a field that requires and values professional experience and wisdom. We will gain an understanding of each participant’s priorities and then generates creative options for settlement, bringing the dispute to a satisfactory conclusion in the vast majority of cases.
Our carefully honed writing skills allow us to craft agreements with the participants that capture the essential terms and conditions of settlement. The majority of our clients attend mediation pro se (representing themselves). We are adept at drafting comprehensive Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s) with the parties collaboration: This document is submitted to the court for enforcement.
All parties have a voice in creating an agreement that works, which increases compliance with its terms and conditions, and a greater degree of satisfaction when the negotiation process is complete.