In another update to a story we told you about in August and December of last year, a Colorado juvenile judge has ruled that a man will now have a parenting role in his now-6-year-old daughter's life. The girl was adopted by her uncle and his wife in early 2008, after...
A few weeks ago, we told you of a lawsuit filed by nine same-sex couples against the governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, as well as Denver's city clerk. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The governor has never...
Colorado's Amendment 43 is the state's ban on same-sex marriage. It was approved by voters in 2006. It defines marriage as a "union between a man and a woman." Civil unions are allowed in Colorado as of last year, but many same-sex couples believe that they should...
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Colorado, although same-sex civil unions are. While the federal government is still trying to determine how to deal with many issues impacting same-sex marriages - or the lack thereof in some states - the Colorado Senate passed a bill...
When most people in Colorado think of adoption, they believe that the child is given up willingly by both the biological parents or that a state agency has intervened in cases of abuse or neglect. However, one man is still fighting an adoption that concerns his now...
Same-sex couples in Denver and across the country can have just as many issues with blending families and parenting as opposite-sex couples. It's difficult to move two families under the same roof, let alone try to figure out where ex-partners figure into the mix....
A woman places an ad on Craigslist looking for a couple to adopt her child who is not born yet. A childless couple who wants to add a baby to their home responds. The child is adopted and everyone lives happily-ever after. While this might seem like the way such a...
Colorado does not currently allow same-sex marriage, but it does allow for civil unions. When a lesbian couple went to apply for a marriage license, the clerk denied the couple the license because they did not meet Colorado's requirement for marriage because they were...
In Colorado and across the country, the role some grandparents play in their grandchildren's lives is changing. More and more, grandparents are now filling in as "mom and dad," and with that change there is an increasing number that face difficulties simply because...
Most adoption cases are processed through the courts without any problems; however, there are cases where someone contests the adoption. Our Colorado readers may be interested in an adoption case in Missouri that was recently heard by the state Court of Appeals. In...
In another update to a story we told you about in August and December of last year, a Colorado juvenile judge has ruled that a man will now have a parenting role in his now-6-year-old daughter's life. The girl was adopted by her uncle and his wife in early 2008, after...
A few weeks ago, we told you of a lawsuit filed by nine same-sex couples against the governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, as well as Denver's city clerk. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The governor has never...
Colorado's Amendment 43 is the state's ban on same-sex marriage. It was approved by voters in 2006. It defines marriage as a "union between a man and a woman." Civil unions are allowed in Colorado as of last year, but many same-sex couples believe that they should...
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Colorado, although same-sex civil unions are. While the federal government is still trying to determine how to deal with many issues impacting same-sex marriages - or the lack thereof in some states - the Colorado Senate passed a bill...
When most people in Colorado think of adoption, they believe that the child is given up willingly by both the biological parents or that a state agency has intervened in cases of abuse or neglect. However, one man is still fighting an adoption that concerns his now...
Same-sex couples in Denver and across the country can have just as many issues with blending families and parenting as opposite-sex couples. It's difficult to move two families under the same roof, let alone try to figure out where ex-partners figure into the mix....
A woman places an ad on Craigslist looking for a couple to adopt her child who is not born yet. A childless couple who wants to add a baby to their home responds. The child is adopted and everyone lives happily-ever after. While this might seem like the way such a...
Colorado does not currently allow same-sex marriage, but it does allow for civil unions. When a lesbian couple went to apply for a marriage license, the clerk denied the couple the license because they did not meet Colorado's requirement for marriage because they were...
In Colorado and across the country, the role some grandparents play in their grandchildren's lives is changing. More and more, grandparents are now filling in as "mom and dad," and with that change there is an increasing number that face difficulties simply because...
Most adoption cases are processed through the courts without any problems; however, there are cases where someone contests the adoption. Our Colorado readers may be interested in an adoption case in Missouri that was recently heard by the state Court of Appeals. In...