What is Considered Child Abuse?

What’s Considered Child Abuse?

Child Abuse: A Situational & Case-Specific Offense We are now entering Week 5 of following Colorado’s Stay At Home Order. Or is it Week 6?...

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Domestic Violence and Tenant Protections

Domestic Violence & Tenant Protections

How Domestic Violence Charges Can Affect Housing We’ve written about domestic violence plenty of times before, but it’s a topic so messy we can never...

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Unintended Domestic Violence

Unintended Domestic Violence

How Normal Couples Could End Up With DV Legal Issues Due to the rapidly spreading virus COVID-19, many of us are finding ourselves stuck inside...

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Resolution Success Tips & Legal Help for the New Year

New Year’s Resolutions & Resources for Legal Help

New Year's Resolutions & Resources for Legal Help Tis the season for New Year's Resolutions! It is so exciting to plan a fresh start for...

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DV Doesn't Mean Divorce; Hand with Ring; Nicol Gersch Law Blog; Divorce Does Not Have to Result from Criminal Charges

Why Domestic Violence Doesn’t Always Mean Divorce

Domestic violence refers to an actual or threatened act of violence against a partner in an intimate relationship--often married couples. So, it begs the question,...

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Relationships are Hard; Nicol Gersch Law Blog; Domestic Violence is Not as clear cut as you'd think; understanding DV

Understanding Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence - More than Just Physical Violence When you hear the term domestic violence, specific images tend to come to mind. You may picture...

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#DV; Domestic Violence; Criminal Defense; DV; Abuse; Spouse; Partner

Lover’s Quarrel: Valentine’s Day & Domestic Violence

Love it or hate it—Valentine’s Day is here to stay! Like many holidays, the stress of the day alone can cause tension in even the...

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Legal Help for the Homeless

The holidays have begun! While this time of year is usually associated with shopping malls and the aroma of fresh-baked goods, it can also be...

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Justie Nicol Criminal Defense Attorney

How to Gather Evidence of Digital Abuse

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the most complex abuse of them all? Glad you asked, because it’s a topic I have become very...

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Justie Nicol Criminal Defense Attorney

Acknowledging Suicide & Mental Health Issues

Mental Health Meets Criminal Defense I'm a criminal defense attorney, not a mental health professional.  Yet, mental health issues and depression intersect with my work...

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