Our Colorado Springs family lawyers help individuals and families throughout El Paso County navigate divorce, child custody, child support, property division, spousal maintenance, protection orders, and other Colorado family law matters. Whether you need a Colorado Springs divorce lawyer to negotiate a practical resolution or a family law attorney in Colorado Springs to represent you in court, our team provides clear guidance, responsive communication, and a strategy built around your family's future.
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Why Modern Family Law
Clarity & Control
You deserve to understand exactly where you stand. We translate complex legal processes into plain language so you can make confident decisions and move forward with certainty.
Compassion & Care
We know this isn't just a legal matter — it's your life. Our attorneys show up with empathy, patience, and genuine commitment to your wellbeing at every step of the process.
Proven Outcomes
Our track record speaks for itself. Award-winning attorneys, thousands of families helped, and a reputation built on results that hold up long after the case is closed.
Local Expertise
Family law is deeply local — courts, judges, and county rules vary. Our attorneys know the landscape in your specific community, giving you a distinct strategic advantage.
Recognized in Colorado Springs
BusinessRate Award Winner — Family Law Attorney
At Modern Family Law, we believe that how you get through a family law matter is just as important as the outcome. Our Colorado Springs family law attorneys combine Colorado-focused legal experience with a modern, technology-driven approach so your case moves efficiently, your questions are answered clearly, and your energy stays focused on what matters most: your family's future.
Our Colorado Springs office assists clients with contested and uncontested divorce, parenting time, parental decision-making, child support, spousal maintenance, property division, relocation, enforcement, modifications, protection orders, and other family law concerns. Every case is different, so our team takes time to understand your priorities, explain the available options, and build a practical strategy for the road ahead.
We don't just handle cases. We help people start over.
Your legal team
Our Colorado Springs legal team includes experienced family law attorneys and Colorado Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals. Depending on the type and complexity of a matter, clients may have different representation options. Our team works collaboratively to provide clear guidance, practical preparation, and local support throughout the family law process.
Craig Valentine
Managing PartnerColorado Springs, COMeet Craig
Christine A. Salamon
Managing AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Christine
Chelsea Hillman
Associate Practice ManagerColorado Springs, COMeet Chelsea
Jackie Collins
Senior AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Jackie
Kresten Hendrix
Senior AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Kresten
Johanna Hendley
Senior AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Johanna
Bridgette Harrison
Senior AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Bridgette
Grace Fischer
Associate AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Grace
Lauren Steiger
Associate AttorneyColorado Springs, COMeet Lauren
Kris Freeman
Licensed Legal ParaprofessionalColorado Springs, COMeet Kris
Jennifer Wurtz
Licensed Legal ParaprofessionalColorado Springs, COMeet Jennifer
Ashlyn Yoder
Licensed Legal ParaprofessionalColorado Springs, COMeet Ashlyn
Caitlin Carey
Licensed Legal ParaprofessionalColorado Springs, COMeet CaitlinClient reviews
What we handle
Our Colorado Springs family lawyers help clients address the legal, financial, and parenting issues that often arise during major family transitions. Explore the services below or speak with our team about the circumstances affecting your family.
Guidance for contested and uncontested divorce, mediation, temporary orders, property division, parenting issues, support, settlement, and trial preparation.
Explore divorce representation → 02Help with parenting time, parental decision-making, relocation, emergency concerns, enforcement, modifications, and child-focused parenting plans.
Explore child custody services → 03Assistance with Colorado child support calculations, income questions, parenting-time adjustments, deviations, enforcement, arrears, and modification.
Learn about child support guidance → 04Guidance involving advisory maintenance calculations, income, duration, earning capacity, contractual terms, modification, and enforcement.
Review maintenance services → 05Support involving marital and separate property, real estate, retirement accounts, debt, businesses, valuation, and financial tracing.
Explore property division → 06Representation involving protection orders, adoption, marital agreements, mediation, enforcement, contempt, appeals, and other family law matters.
View additional services →Parenting and children
A Colorado Springs child custody lawyer can help parents develop, negotiate, modify, or enforce parenting arrangements under Colorado law while keeping the child's best interests at the center of the case. Colorado commonly uses the terms parenting time and parental responsibilities rather than relying only on the word “custody.”
Parenting disputes may arise during divorce, between unmarried parents, after a parent plans to relocate, or when an existing order no longer fits the child's needs. Our team helps clients organize the facts, identify practical concerns, and prepare proposals that address the child's schedule, education, medical care, activities, transportation, safety, and relationship with each parent.
Depending on the circumstances, a Colorado Springs child custody case may involve:
Learn more about working with our Colorado Springs child custody lawyers, or explore our parenting-time calculator for a visual estimate of overnight schedules.
Divorce guidance
A Colorado Springs divorce lawyer can help you understand Colorado's filing requirements, protect your interests, organize financial and parenting issues, and work toward a practical resolution through negotiation, mediation, or court.
Divorce can involve much more than ending a marriage. A case may require decisions about parenting time, parental decision-making, child support, spousal maintenance, property, debt, retirement accounts, real estate, business interests, insurance, and taxes. Early preparation can make these issues easier to evaluate and may reduce avoidable conflict later.
For additional local guidance, review where to file for divorce in Colorado Springs and the Colorado residency requirements for filing a Colorado Springs divorce. You can also learn more about our Colorado Springs divorce lawyers.
We help clients evaluate agreed terms, unresolved issues, negotiation options, and the preparation needed when a case becomes contested.
Organized financial records help identify income, property, debt, expenses, separate-property claims, and the information needed for settlement or court.
Temporary arrangements may address parenting, support, use of property, bills, communication, or safety while the case is pending.
Many cases resolve through negotiation or mediation. When they do not, careful preparation is essential for hearings or trial.
Useful early records may include recent tax returns, pay statements, bank and retirement statements, mortgage and debt records, insurance information, existing agreements, parenting schedules, and current court orders. Do not move, conceal, or destroy financial information when a case is anticipated.
Our Colorado attorney-fee calculator and assets and debts calculator can help you begin organizing questions before a consultation.
Our Colorado Springs divorce attorneys can help you understand what to expect before you file or respond.
Talk With Our TeamFinancial support
Colorado child support calculations generally account for each parent's income, parenting time, health-insurance costs, work-related childcare, and other permitted adjustments. Questions often arise when income fluctuates, a parent is self-employed, parenting time changes, or an order is not being followed.
Use our Colorado child support calculator for a preliminary estimate, then speak with an attorney about the facts that may affect your result.
Spousal maintenance may depend on income, reasonable needs, earning capacity, the length of the marriage, property division, and other circumstances. Colorado's advisory guidelines can provide a starting point, but they do not resolve every case.
Our Colorado spousal-maintenance calculator can help you identify questions to discuss during a consultation.
Family law matters can be difficult, but you don't have to face them alone. Our Colorado Springs team is here to guide you with clarity, compassion, and a plan for what comes next.
Schedule a Free ConsultationLocal court guidance
Colorado Springs domestic-relations cases are generally handled in El Paso County within Colorado's Fourth Judicial District. The process depends on the type of matter, whether the case is new or post-decree, and whether temporary or emergency relief is requested.
A Colorado Springs family law attorney can help determine the correct filing, prepare or respond to pleadings, organize mandatory financial information, identify deadlines, evaluate temporary arrangements, and prepare for negotiation, mediation, or court.
Many divorce and allocation-of-parental-responsibilities cases involve an Initial Status Conference, where case progress and next steps may be discussed. El Paso County also maintains local forms, family-court facilitators, self-help resources, and parenting-class requirements for domestic-relations cases involving children.
Court divisions, filing instructions, hearing formats, and local requirements may change. Confirm current procedures with the Colorado Judicial Branch or your attorney before relying on a general roadmap.
Working with our team
Identify the most important legal and practical issues, realistic options, immediate concerns, and likely next steps.
Evaluate parenting schedules, decision-making, school and medical needs, transportation, safety, and workable communication.
Organize income, expenses, property, debt, retirement, support information, and documents needed for informed decisions.
Prepare for negotiation and mediation while remaining ready for temporary orders, contested hearings, or trial when necessary.
The right approach depends on your goals, the needs of your children, the financial issues involved, the level of conflict, and whether the case can be resolved through agreement or requires court intervention.
Prepare for your conversation
Bring current divorce, custody, support, protection, or enforcement orders, along with pending court documents.
Recent income records, tax returns, account statements, debt information, and major monthly expenses may be useful.
Current schedules, school and medical details, childcare arrangements, important dates, and specific parenting concerns.
Write down your most important questions, immediate concerns, preferred outcomes, and deadlines you are facing.
Tools & Resources
We're not fans of surprises and we suspect you aren't either. We built these divorce calculators just for you, so you know what to expect every step of the way.
We believe you deserve to know what your case will cost before you commit. Our technology-driven approach keeps costs manageable, and our SimpleStart™ program may allow qualified clients to begin with a reduced retainer. We'll always explain our fees clearly — because reducing conflict includes reducing financial stress.
Where we serve
Our Colorado Springs family law attorneys represent clients throughout El Paso County and nearby communities, including Monument, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Falcon, Security-Widefield, Black Forest, and the greater Pikes Peak region. We also assist clients whose family law matters involve nearby Teller and Douglas County communities when appropriate.
Frequently asked questions
Cost depends on the complexity of the case, the level of conflict, the amount of investigation or financial work required, and whether the matter resolves through agreement or proceeds to contested hearings. Ask about retainers, hourly rates, expected phases, and strategies for managing costs.
The timeline varies based on Colorado requirements and whether the spouses agree on parenting, support, property, and other issues. Uncontested matters may move more efficiently, while disputed cases can take longer because of disclosures, evaluations, mediation, temporary orders, hearings, or trial.
A Colorado Springs divorce is generally filed in the appropriate Colorado district court when the residency and jurisdiction requirements are met. The correct county can depend on the parties' circumstances. Review our local filing guide or speak with an attorney before submitting documents.
A Colorado Springs child custody lawyer may assist with parenting time, parental decision-making, parenting plans, relocation, emergency concerns, enforcement, modifications, evaluations, and disputes involving the child's best interests.
Colorado courts evaluate the child's best interests using the factors required by law. The analysis can include safety, relationships, practical schedules, each parent's ability to meet the child's needs, and the feasibility of the proposed arrangements.
Colorado child support generally considers each parent's income, parenting time, health-insurance costs, work-related childcare, and other permitted adjustments. A calculator can provide an estimate, but an attorney can help evaluate disputed income, deviations, and case-specific facts.
Some parenting and support orders may be modified when the applicable legal requirements are met and circumstances have changed. The available process depends on the type of order, the requested change, timing, and the facts supporting the request.
Representation is not required in every case, but even an uncontested agreement can create long-term consequences involving children, support, property, debt, taxes, and enforcement. Legal review can help identify unclear or incomplete terms before final orders are entered.
A Colorado Licensed Legal Paraprofessional is authorized to provide certain legal services in qualifying family law matters within the scope permitted by Colorado rules. Whether an LLP is appropriate depends on the type and complexity of the case.
Helpful materials may include existing court orders, recent financial records, parenting schedules, important communications, a timeline of key events, and a written list of your most important questions and priorities.
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Our Calculators
We’re not fans of surprises and we suspect you aren’t either. We built these divorce calculators just for you, so you know what to expect every step of the way.
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