Additional extraordinary expenses may be added pro-rata to a parent’s child support obligation in a Colorado Divorce. In this age of extensive cutbacks by school districts, a situation could arise where a minor child is attending a school by agreement of the parties, or one that meets the child’s special needs, and which requires special…
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Situations involving split parenting plans require unique child support calculations in a Colorado Divorce. In a situation where there are two separate children and overnights visits with the non-primary parent with only one of the children, modifying the standard child support calculations is required. It is inappropriate to calculate two separate worksheets, one for each child,…
Expense reimbursements paid by employers may be considered income for child support or spousal support calculations in a divorce proceeding. The standard to be evaluated is whether the reimbursed expenses are SIGNIFICANT and REDUCE personal living expenses. Examples include monies paid to compensate for cost of living in a foreign country because such monies serve…
The income of a child may be considered in child support calculations. However, there is no bright line test or minimum income requirement that creates automatic application of a child’s income in the child support calculation. You should contact a divorce mediator at Divorce Help Center to evaluate your particular situation. If a child’s income…
A divorce court may not consider employer paid contributions to a health or accident insurance plan as income for purposes of support determinations unless, after making the relevant findings, the court determines that the employers contributions immediately support the employee in a way that is akin to earned income. If the employee has the power…
Gross income is number that must be determined for each parent as a starting point for purposed of computing child support. Colorado Revised Statutes attempt to define what revenue to each party is considered and excluded from gross income in divorce and support calculations. For example, interest and dividends are specifically included in income, even if they…
The Colorado legislature periodically makes changes to the child support guidelines and the methods of calculation for divorcing parties, partners who co-parent children after separation. If you previously had a divorce decree and support order entered and are now seeking modification of the previous order, you should contact a professional divorce mediator at Divorce Help Center to…
C.R.S. 14-10-112(1)(a) allows modification of an existing child support order only upon showing that there has been a change in circumstances that are substantial on continuing since the previous divorce order or support order. “Substantial” change requires at a minimum a 10% change in the amount of child support due per month when compared to…
Travel expenses in certain situations may be divided or awarded. Contact Divorce Help Center mediators to discuss your case. However, those expenses must be the cost of transporting the CHILD, not the costs of transporting the parent. C.R.S. 14-10-115(11)(a)(II) specifically allows for division of the costs of transporting the children OR the costs of transporting…
Child support obligations are determined by applying the statutory guidelines in C.R.S. 14-10-115(7) to the parents combined adjusted gross income. “Gross Income” includes income from any source. However their income may be adjusted by deducting preexising child support obligations and alimony or maintenance actually paid by the parent. Deductions are not allowed for things such as…