Denver · Family Law Since 2014

The steady hand in the hardest season.

Divorce and custody decisions will shape years of your life — and you’re being asked to make them in the worst month of it. Our job is to slow things down, explain your real options, and protect what matters most to you.

  • Free 30-Min Consult
  • Flat Fees Where Possible
  • English & Spanish
  • 12 Years in Denver
Attorney meeting calmly with a client at a conference table
Attorney Elena Rivera in her Denver office
Our approach

Strong advocate. Steady counselor. In your language.

Elena Rivera opened this firm in 2014 after watching too many families burn savings and goodwill on scorched-earth litigation that helped no one but the lawyers. Our approach is different: de-escalate where possible, litigate firmly where necessary, and never manufacture conflict to inflate a bill.

Half our clients work with us in Spanish — not through a translator on speakerphone, but with attorneys and staff who speak it natively. Your case explained in the language you think in, at every step.

  • Flat-fee packages for uncontested divorce and mediation
  • Free 30-minute consultation, in English or Spanish
  • One attorney owns your case start to finish
  • Monthly billing statements in plain language — no mystery hours
How we help

Family matters, handled with care and a plan.

Divorce

Contested or uncontested, high-asset or straightforward — we map the process on day one so you always know what comes next and what it costs.

Custody & Parenting Time

Parenting plans built around your children’s real lives — school, distance, schedules — and advocacy when an agreement isn’t possible.

Child & Spousal Support

Colorado’s guidelines leave less discretion than people fear and more than they hope. We run the real numbers early, so you plan from facts.

Mediation

Most families don’t need a courtroom. Mediated agreements cost less, finish sooner, and leave both parents able to sit at the same graduation.

Adoption

Stepparent, kinship, and private adoptions — the paperwork-heavy, deadline-strict path to the best day this office ever sees.

Protection Orders

When safety is the issue, speed matters. We prepare and pursue protection orders quickly and discreetly — and defend against unfounded ones.

What to expect

A clear path through an unclear time.

  1. 1

    Free consult

    30 minutes with an attorney. You leave knowing your options, the realistic range of outcomes, and what each path costs.

  2. 2

    Strategy & fee agreement

    We agree on goals and put the fee in writing — flat where the matter allows it, a clear retainer where it doesn’t.

  3. 3

    Negotiate first

    Most matters settle. We push for agreement through negotiation or mediation before anyone spends a dollar on trial prep.

  4. 4

    Resolve & rebuild

    Court approval, clean paperwork, and a file you can actually understand. We stay available for modifications as life changes.

12 Years serving Denver families
900+ Family matters handled
2 Languages, full representation
70% Of cases resolved without trial
Client experiences

Kind words from hard seasons.

“Elena explained every option twice — once to me in English, once to my mother in Spanish — with the same patience both times. We always understood exactly where things stood.”
Carolina M. Westwood · Custody matter
“I came in expecting a war and they talked me into mediation instead. It was finished in four months and my kids never had to see their parents in a courtroom.”
David T. Highlands Ranch · Divorce
“The flat fee was the flat fee. Every email got answered within a day. In the worst year of my life, this office was the one thing I never had to worry about.”
Priya S. Capitol Hill · Uncontested divorce
Questions

What people ask in the first consult.

What does a divorce cost in Denver?

Uncontested divorces with agreement on major issues run as flat-fee packages, typically $3,500–5,500. Contested matters start with a retainer of $5,000–7,500 billed hourly against it. In the free consult we’ll tell you which path your situation realistically fits — and how to keep it on the cheaper one.

How long does divorce take in Colorado?

Colorado has a mandatory 91-day waiting period after filing, so about three months is the floor. Uncontested matters usually finish in 3–5 months; contested ones commonly take 6–14 months depending on the issues and the court’s calendar.

Will my case go to trial?

Statistically, probably not — most of our matters resolve through negotiation or mediation. But we prepare every case as if it could, because the best settlements go to the side that’s ready to walk into court.

You’ve handled hundreds of custody cases. Does that mean mine will turn out the same way?

No. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome — every family’s facts are different, and custody decisions turn on the specific best-interests factors of your children. Experience tells us which arguments courts find persuasive; it never guarantees a result.

Can you really handle my whole case in Spanish?

Yes — consultations, documents explained, court preparation, and your questions answered, all in Spanish by attorneys and staff who speak it natively. Court filings themselves are in English as required, and we walk you through every one.

Talk to us before you decide anything.

A free 30-minute consultation, in English or Spanish, with an attorney who will give you straight answers. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship — it’s simply a conversation, and it may be the calmest one you have this month.

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