On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Dec 31, 2020 | Child Support
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...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Nov 4, 2020 | Child Support
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...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Oct 8, 2020 | Child Support
When you divorced, child support payments were set based upon your financial situation at the time. However, this year, you lost your job and have only been able to pick up work that pays less. It seems unreasonable to expect you to pay the same as when you were a...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Jun 29, 2020 | Child Support
Even though Colorado has standard child support guidelines which are supposed to make child support orders predictable and fair, they do not always make figuring child support easy. For example, many Colorado residents will have some special situation that makes...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Apr 27, 2020 | Child Support
Each year many parents in Colorado face an issue that can cause stress and contention: child support. Whether the parents of the child in question were ever married or not, a split in the relationship will likely lead one of the parents to make a claim for child...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Mar 9, 2020 | Child Support
Divorcing couples in Colorado, as well as couples who have never been married, oftentimes run into one of the most controversial family law issues in court: child support orders. Most parents love their children and want what is best for them, but the idea of paying...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Feb 14, 2020 | Child Support
Whether two Colorado parents are married, separated, or divorced, they are both expected to contribute to the financial needs of their children. That means that if the parents live apart from each other they must work out an arrangement to share money between...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Dec 20, 2019 | Child Support
When couples in Colorado separate or divorce, both parents are often concerned about what will happen to their children. In most cases, one parent will leave the family home, bringing about questions of which parent will have custody of the children. In these cases,...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Oct 9, 2019 | Child Support
When parents in Colorado divorce, they may be worried about the process of negotiating child support. Unfortunately, media depictions of adversarial divorces may be the cause of this concern. While court battles between a divorcing couple may attract public interest,...
On behalf of Danielsen Westhoff, PC | Aug 15, 2019 | Child Support
Colorado residents who are seeking child support may need to establish paternity. This is true if the alleged father of the child was not married to the mother at the time of conception or birth. In most cases, DNA tests are used to establish paternity because of...