Family Law, Divorce, Custody and Child Support Attorneys in Denver, Colorado

Justice vs. Karma

I often have discussions with clients related to their spouse’s conduct during the marriage, whether it is poor parenting, no interest in parenting, marital misconduct (i.e., adultery), et cetera. Of course, the legal perspective is that most of these issues will not be relevant in the dissolution of marriage action.

If a parent previously disinterested in parenting a child “suddenly” becomes interested in more contact with his or her child, for whatever reason, the parenting landscape is going to change and both parents will need to accept that reality. The hope is that the motivation to be an active parent is based on a genuine desire to enhance the parent-child relationship and not for other reasons unrelated to the child’s best interests.

Ultimately, these types of issues are difficult to resolve satisfactorily during the course of the case and only time will reveal whether non-involved parent’s increased involvement is sustained and beneficial to the child. For other issues not addressed by the law, such as marital misconduct, I am generally left with discussing the limitations of the law and the importance to my client’s progress of chalking those issues beyond the law’s scope as matters better left to “Karma”.