Support: the articles.
Everything on the blog filed under Support, newest first, with the practice page it belongs with.
- 01Temporary Maintenance vs. Permanent Orders in a Colorado Divorce
- 02Temporary Orders in Colorado: Who Pays the Mortgage During the Divorce
- 03Imputed Income in Colorado: Quitting Your Job Won't Lower the Number
- 04Child Support Above the Guidelines: Colorado High-Income Rules
- 05Divorce After 50 in Colorado: Maintenance, Retirement, and Timing
- →Spousal Maintenance, the practice page
Temporary maintenance keeps two households afloat while the case is pending. Maintenance at permanent orders is a different decision on different evidence, and the first number does not bind the second.…
A Colorado divorce takes months, and temporary orders govern life in the meantime — the house, the bills, the children, support, and fees. They also set a status quo with quiet momentum toward the final result.…
When a spouse is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, Colorado courts calculate support on potential income — what the person could earn — often proven through a vocational evaluation. The doctrine cuts both ways.…
Colorado's child support schedule now stops at $40,000 a month in combined income. Above that, the top-of-schedule figure is a floor, the court has discretion, and the number is decided by findings about the children's needs and each parent's income.…
After 50, a Colorado divorce is about runway. Long-marriage maintenance, dividing retirement without a tax bill, Social Security timing, health coverage, the house, and the estate plan all have to be decided together.…
Colorado scrapped the 93-overnight child support cliff on March 1, 2026. Every overnight now earns a credit from a statutory table. How the old rule worked, what replaced it, worked examples at several overnight counts, and why counting accurately now matters in every case.…
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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