Support: the articles.
Everything on the blog filed under Support, newest first, with the practice page it belongs with.
- 01What Disqualifies a Spouse From Maintenance in a Colorado Divorce
- 02Colorado's New Child Support Law: What Changed on March 1, 2026
- 03Who Pays for the Kids' Health Insurance After a Colorado Divorce?
- 04Divorce After a Short Marriage in Colorado: What Actually Changes
- 05How Colorado's Maintenance Formula Works — and When Judges Ignore It
- →Spousal Maintenance, the practice page
Colorado maintenance is not automatic. A spouse who has enough property, can earn a living, was married under three years, or signed a valid waiver may get nothing. Adultery is not on the list.…
Colorado rebuilt child support on March 1, 2026: a schedule that now runs to $40,000 a month, a credit for every overnight in place of the 93-night cliff, a self-support reserve tied to the minimum wage, and new low-income tiers. What changed, who feels it, and what it means for an existing order.…
Colorado courts must decide who carries the children's health insurance in every child support order. How the premium enters the worksheet, how uninsured bills are split from the first dollar, and what happens when a parent loses employer coverage.…
A two-year marriage goes through the same Colorado divorce process as a twenty-year one. What changes is the economics: maintenance is rare, courts lean toward restoring premarital positions, but appreciation is still marital.…
Colorado has an advisory formula for spousal maintenance, but it is advisory for a reason. For higher-income couples the guideline stops applying and maintenance becomes an argument about lifestyle, earning capacity, and preparation.…
A 2025 amendment lets Colorado courts weigh domestic violence, coercive control, and economic abuse when setting maintenance — beside a statute that still says "without regard to marital misconduct."…
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