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…
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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…
The child support guidelines must be followed unless there is a valid and legal reason for deviation from the presumtive child support calculation. Contact a Colorado Divorce Mediator to discuss the particular facts of your case. Although there are many valid reasons to deviate from the child support guidelines, reduction for puposes of qualifying one…
Colorado law states that disputes regarding parenting time should be referred to mediation if the parties cannot resolve their disagreement. Contact a Colorado Divorce mediation attorney to discuss your matter further. Under C.R.S. 14-10-129.5, if a party files a motion concerning non-compliance with a previous parenting time order, the Court shall deteremine within 30 days of…
Where the trial court made no finding that father’s conduct in his homosexual lifestyle endangered the child or impaired the child’s emotional development, father could not be precluded from having overnight guests during his parenting time or taking the child to a church whose members were predominately gay. Contact a Denver Divorce Mediator to discuss…
It is important to understand that the amount of time children need with their parents evolves over time. Consult with a Denver Divorce Mediator to assist you with this evaluation. In order to minimize the impact of the changes resulting from a divorce in family structure upon a child, the parenting plan needs to take into…