Paul Gaide | Fort Collins Litigation Lawyer

• Colorado Bar Association

• Bal F. Swan Scholar, University of Denver
• Member of the Year, Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation, (Volunteer Counsel to the Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation)
  1992

+ Abduction - child recovered + Dissolution of 20+ year marriage - client received $150,000 temporary order for maintenance and attorney fees; and approximately $4.25 million in pre-decree allocation of assets - $40+ million in marital assets in dispute + Dissolution 24+ year marriage - client received approximately $1 million in marital assets and spousal maintenance of $10,000 per month, for life + Dissolution 22+ year marriage - Separation Agreement overturned; client ordered to receive approximately $2 million in marital assets; $12,500 per month in spousal maintenance for one month shy of 10 years; 50/50 parenting time with minor daughter, favorable decision-making; back child support of $3,833.33 per month for 24 months, and ongoing child support of $5,780.00 per month + Dissolution 32-year marriage - client received approximately $1,800,000 of net marital assets and $4,589 per month of spousal maintenance for ten (10) years + -Decree Motion to Modify: Client (mother) awarded sole custody, sole decision making and child support. Father ordered confined to county jail for 60 days for contempt of court. Father ordered to engage in reintegration therapy. + Dissolution of Marriage: On 13-month marriage, client retained about $1,410,000 of separate property; both parties waived spousal maintenance; wife received $5,000 settlement. + Dissolution of marriage - client received an award of $50,000 as a pre-decree distribution, plus $5,800 per month in ""temporary"" maintenance + Decree Enforcement of Property Division - ex-spouse ordered to pay $130,000, plus statutory interest, plus attorney's fees + Represented client mother in post-decree matter in modifying child support order from $0 per month to $45,600 per year for two children. + Assisted client father in dissolution action obtain court ordered 50/50 parenting plan after the Court found mother, a school psychologist, to be ""non-credible"" at trial, and over CFI (Dr. Lon Kopit) recommendation that mother be awarded 9 out of every 14 overnights. No ongoing child support payments were ordered against father. + Assisted client wife in dissolution action obtain court decision for approximately $380,000 more than husband's best offer at mediation (spousal maintenance and property equalization payments), plus statutory interest at 8% (court order can result in wife receiving about 2/3 of husband's gross reported income - husband found to be non-credible). Child support increased from $800 per month to $944 per month. + Assisted client wife in dissolution action to obtain very favorable terms in Separation Agreement. Issue of attorney fees had to be litigated in Court, which made significant award to client. + Assisted client ex-husband in post decree matter reduce spousal maintenance payments from $4,600 per month to $200 per month, due to unemployment, with prospective future cap in spousal maintenance which will reduce total maintenance payments by over $150,000 upon full re-employment. + Assisted client father in allocation of parental responsibilities case obtain severe child abduction prevention orders (mother's parenting time of four (4) to six (6) hours per week is supervised; father effectively has full decision making) after mother abducted child to New York and Florida. Mother ordered to pay father child support of $814 per month.

I have built my practice on a dedication to understanding the facts and law applicable to each case, being aggressive when appropriate or necessary, and in being prepared to take each case to trial (thereby enhancing the settlement positions of my clients). I successfully blend backgrounds in finance and accounting, corporate law, litigation, tax, bankruptcy, insurance, real estate and family law to achieve the best possible results for my clients.

I encourage prospective clients to consider counsel who have both specific and broad legal and non-legal experience, counsel whose personality will facilitate what the client is attempting to achieve, and counsel whom the client respects, not only as a lawyer, but as a person.

Local knowledge can be quite important to the success of a case. Judges and Magistrates are human, they have their own personalities, their own predispositions, and want to see cases presented in certain ways specific to them. While not wanting to overstate the matter, knowledge of Judges and Magistrates before whom you practice can be very important.

I believe what differentiates me from other lawyers in the community, especially in the area of family law, is my strong desire to assist my clients from being taken advantage of by the opposing party or their counsel, my preparation (knowledge of the facts, substantive law (family, real estate, tax, procedural law and rules of evidence), and my extensive background in both the business and non-business aspects of cases.