Child Support

Both parents have a legal and moral obligation to provide for their child’s needs (food, clothing, shelter medical needs and education among others) until they become adults. If the parents are living together, these needs usually account for the household...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...