Marriage today represents increasingly varied combinations of two lives. First marriages, second marriages, first marriage for one spouse, second or third for another, blended families, age differences, inheritances, and gaps in wealth distribution–—these are just a few of the unique circumstances that may underscore a marriage. Some couples prefer clear agreements in advance, as to…
Karen Oliver of the Douglas County law firm of Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. was recently recognized by the Colorado Soccer Association and the Castle Rock Storm Soccer Club as the 2014 Developmental Girls Coach of the Year for Storm Castle Rock. She was recognized at the annual banquet for the Colorado Soccer Association…
Castle Rock lawyers Ernie Fazekas and Aaron Barrick of the law firm of Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. (“FFBP”) appeared at the Castle Rock Town Council meeting on Tuesday, January 22, 2015 on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Castle Rock Park and Trails Foundation (the “Foundation”). The Foundation is promoting the…
Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., is proud to again be among a very distinctive group of law practices represented in the 2015 Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™. The history and influence of the Bar Register have made it the most definitive guide to America’s most respected law firms.
It is a New Year and a common resolution that I hear is for clients to update their estate planning, or perhaps to make a will for the first time. Many clients come to me with questions about how to “avoid probate” through the use of a revocable living trust. As the article below indicates,…
Our real estate attorneys represent lenders and borrowers in short sale situations. A “short sale” is a sale of real estate where the lender agrees to accept less than the amount owed on a mortgage loan as part of an agreed upon sale. The Colorado Division of Real Estate of the Department of Regulatory Agencies…