My wife and I try to abide the rule above, but sometimes we deviate from it because we cannot afford the best and we want something now. The problem with this is that we often pay twice for what we buy: once when we purchase it and once again when we get what we...
Pay Now or Pay Later
Today will be a bit of a rant. Often as I review a divorce settlement I find the separation agreement is unfair to one of the spouses. In a recent case we determined one spouse received 75% of the marital property, while the other spouse received only 25%....
If It Isn’t Working, Fix It!
So we are two weeks into the New Year and my resolution to change my eating habits has already been defeated in part by a pan of home-made brownies. These are genuine, from scratch, brownies made with nuts and chocolate chips. My wife made them for a gathering at our...
Domestic Abuse is Domestic Abuse by any Other Name
After I wrote my last blog one of my firm team members told me I needed to add to what I had written, so here goes. We have a weird case right now. One of the parents is a political activist, and insists on showing their child graphic and extreme videos which support...
Sometimes a Little Pain is Necessary
This is a great time of the year; the year is still full of promise and the whole of it is before us. Here in Colorado there is a light snow falling, and it looks like a scene out of Currier & Ives. I had to plow the drive this morning, but our snow-blower is...