Category Archives: Children

FIVE MOVIES to watch while going through divorce

Even the most most amicable divorces stir up strong emotions, especially when there are kids involved. A professional divorce mediator can often help the parties deal with both the legal aspects and the emotional aspects of going through the divorce process. However, sometimes there is nothing more theraputic and a night with a good movie…

Free coparenting online software

Divorcing parents know how difficult it is to keep up with ever changing schedules, information updates, and the never ending change of plans of your children.  Co-Families, a software company in Colorado Springs has launch a FREE software that allows parents on-line information exchange and calender coordination without any large learning curve.  The software allows…

Car Repairs can be Extraordinary Expenses

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…

Split Overnights with Visitation

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,…

Stipends may be Income

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…