Characterization: the articles.
Everything on the blog filed under Characterization, newest first, with the practice page it belongs with.
What you owned before the marriage, inherited, or were given can stay yours. Most claims to it are lost through ordinary household habits rather than through anything a court decided.…
Colorado protects the assets you brought into the marriage — but not their growth. The increase in value of separate property during the marriage is marital, and proving the starting point is where cases are won or lost.…
Colorado still recognizes marriage without a license — so the first fight in some cases is whether a marital estate exists at all. The Hogsett test, the evidence that decides it, and the paper that prevents it.…
Colorado still recognizes common law marriage — no ceremony required. For high-net-worth couples, a found marriage can put years of asset appreciation, maintenance, and inheritance rights on the table.…
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