As a parent, you want to do what’s best for your child. You also want to be sure that you protect your own finances. While you think it’s reasonable to pay child support, you also want to be sure that it’s being used to support your child’s needs and that it is ended...
Child Support
3 times you could ask for more child support in Colorado
How much you receive in child support depends on several important details about your family circumstances. When your situation changes, the child support that one parent pays for the care and maintenance of the children may change as well. As the parent receiving...
3 aggressive steps Colorado takes to enforce child support
If a Colorado family law judge ordered your ex to pay child support, it is reasonable for you to expect to receive that money every month. Your kids will constantly outgrow their clothing and need new supplies for school, sports and daily life. Unfortunately, some...
Your child support order may need to change with your job
When you divorce or separate from the other parent of your child, you will typically have an obligation to provide financial support for your children. Child support payments in Colorado help the parent with more parental responsibilities to meet all of the needs of...
Can your ex discharge their child support obligation by filing bankruptcy?
Each year here in the U.S., at least $33 billion dollars in child support is supposed to be exchanged among parents. Yet, government statistics show that approximately only half of all custodial parents receive what they're due. Many parents who pay support consider...
Can I get proof of how my co-parent spends my child support payments?
Many noncustodial parents in Colorado worry about whether their co-parent is using child support funds properly. They often ask if there is a way to demand proof of these expenditures. Although it is understandable to want to know how your ex uses your hard-earned...
How Colorado can help you collect your unpaid child support
Colorado law makes it clear that parents have rights, but those rights come with extensive parental responsibilities. When you divorce the other parent of your children, the courts have to decide how to split up those parental rights and responsibilities. Sometimes,...
Child support and college in Colorado: What parents need to know
When you had your child, you probably started planning ahead for their future needs almost immediately. That may have even included plans for college. Now, however, you’re getting divorced. Child support is likely to become a big part of your expenses, and you are...
What can I pay for with the child support my child receives?
Every biological parent has an obligation to take care of their child unless they sign over their parental rights. A judge generally orders non-custodial parents to pay child support to cover their child's basic necessities. It's often difficult for parents to...
Can you ask your ex to help pay for your child’s braces?
The child support that you get probably only covers a small amount of the costs that you incur every month while taking care of your kids. While getting some support from your ex is better than getting no support at all, it can feel very frustrating to have to scrape...