Ongoing Help With Problem Solving/Deciding

Conflict Has a Devastating Effect on Children

Parents who are wrapped up in emotional turmoil and straining to find solutions often do not see the impact the struggle is having on their children. For their part, children are often afraid that they have somehow caused the problems, and they want to do everything they can to avoid making things worse.

So they hide their trauma. They mask their pain. Often it is not until years later that they themselves even understand how much they have been damaged by the conflicts in their parents’ relationship.

With all the research available now, most family law attorneys would be forced to admit that disputes between parents have a devastating effect on children. But conflict is the fuel of the traditional legal system. Most attorneys don’t know how to settle matters any way other than fighting them out in court.

We Take a Different Approach

At Children First Family Law, we know that disputes require resolution. They cannot be ignored. But there are ways to resolve disputes without escalating conflict.

We fight to preserve families, and that starts by salvaging the best of the relationships that remain. You need a functioning relationship to make a parenting plan work. We take the broken pieces of the relationship and help you rebuild them into a strong platform for future growth. The family dyanamic will be different going forward. But it can be rebuilt in a way that allows for you and children to flourish.

Parenting Coordinator/Decision-Maker

Colorado law provides unique assistance for parents in the form of parenting coordinators (PCs) decision-makers (DMs) and professionals who serve in both roles. After a court enters a parenting plan, a PC, DM or PC/DM can provide invaluable ongoing assistance in the resolution of disputes in the future involving parental responsibilities. At Children First Family Law, we have extensive experience guiding parents toward effective solutions in the role of PC/DM.

Parenting coordinators help parents to find common ground so that they can resolve disagreements and develop solutions that work for both of them and the family as a whole. This keeps parents in control and offers much more flexibility than turning matters over to a judge for a cut and dried decision.

Either parents or the court can add decision-making authority to the role of a parenting coordinator. When this authority is added, the PC/DM is able to issue binding decisions based on the information presented. Resolving disputes with a PC/DM rather than through a judge provides for more personalized, efficient, timely, and cost-effective solutions through a less adversarial process.

Attorney Krista Nash understands the intricacies and challenges of co-parenting and financial issues in families and offers a neutral yet decisive PC/DM style that aids in peacemaking and resolution for parents and, most importantly, for their children. She aims to keep parties out of court as much as possible and to keep conflict to a minimum.

Mediator

Children First Family Law also offers mediation services to help parents and families achieve successful personalized results that fit their needs. We are trained to facilitate productive and respectful communication that leads to fruitful collaboration. Attorney Krista Nash has been trained through Harvard Business School’s Negotiation Mastery program and the National Association of Certified Mediators and has extensive experience in mediation with her own family law cases and as a child advocate.